ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Improvement of Retinal Microcirculation after Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation-An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.
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- Assessment of retinal and choroidal microcirculatory alterations following radiofrequency catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation patients using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Article
- Quantitative Analysis of Retinal Perfusion in Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impact of catheter ablation procedure on optical coherence tomography angiography findings in patients with ventricular arrhythmia.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023Article
- Optical coherence tomography angiography as a surrogate marker for end-organ resuscitation in sepsis: A review.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate retinal and optic nerve head (ONH) perfusion in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) before and after catheter ablation of AF with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI).
methods34 eyes of 34 patients with AF and 35 eyes of 35 healthy subjects were included in this study. Flow density data were obtained using spectral-domain OCT-A (RTVue XR Avanti with AngioVue, Optovue, Inc, Fremont, California, USA). The data of the superficial and deep vascular layers of the macula and the ONH (radial peripapillary capillary network, RPC) before and after PVI were extracted and analysed.
resultsThe flow density in the superficial OCT-angiogram (whole en face) and the ONH (RPC) in patients with AF was significantly lower compared to healthy controls (OCT-A superficial: study group: 48.77 (45.19; 52.12)%; control group: 53.01 (50.00; 54.25)%;
conclusionsPatients with AF showed altered ocular perfusion as measured using OCTA when compared with healthy controls. Rhythm control using PVI significantly improved ocular perfusion as measured using OCT-A. Non-contact imaging using OCTA provides novel information about the central global microperfusion of patients with AF.
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