Retinal circulation and its role in macular disorders in patients without systemic disease

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摘要 AIM:Todeterminewhetherretinalcirculatorychangesplayaroleinthepathogenesisofmaculardisordersinpatientswhoareotherwisehealthy.METHODS:Patientswithmaculardisordersthatrequiredangiographicimagingwereincludedinthisprospectivecaseseries.Afteracompleteocularexam,fluoresceinangiographywasperformedusingastandardizedtechniqueontheHRA-II(HeidelbergEngineering,Heidelberg,Germany)withspecialfocusontheposteriorpole.Onlypatientswithgoodqualityimageswereincludedintheanalysis.Circulatoryparametersrecordedincludedthearm-choroidtime,choroid-retinalartery,andfinallytheretinalartery-veintime.Zonalasymmetry(betweentheupperandlowerzonesdividedbyalinepassingthroughthecentreofthefovea)intransittimes,ifanywasalsonoted.Appropriatestatisticalanalysiswasdone.Circulationtimeswerecomparedwithagematchedhistoricalcontrols.Changesinretinaldyetransittimesrelativetohistoricalagematchedcontrols,ifany,werenotedandcomparedbetweenvariousdisorders.RESULTS:Atotalof156eyesof156patients(120males)wereincludedinthestudy.Meanage:49.14±14.93y.Maculardisordersstudiedwereagerelateddegeneration,polypoidalvasculopathy,centralserouschorioretinopathy(CSCR)andparafovealtelangiectasia.DelayedcirculationtimewasnotedinCSCRpatientsonly.CONCLUSION:CSCRpatientsappeartohavedelayedarterialfilling,retinalcirculatorydisturbancesdonotseemtocontributetothepathogenesisofothermaculardisorders.
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出版日期 2015年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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