Structural Alterations of Retinal Arterioles in Adults Late After Repair of Aortic Isthmic Coarctation
February 25th, 2010 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2010
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 105, Issue 5, 1 March 2010, Pages 740-744
Axel, Pressler , Katrin, Esefeld , Johannes, Scherr , Mohammad, Ali , Henner, Hanssen , …
Patients after coarctation repair still have an increased risk of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events. This has been explained by the persisting hypertension and alterations in the peripheral vessels. However, involvement of the central vessels such as the retinal arteries is virtually unknown. A total of 34 patients after coarctation repair (22 men and 12 women; 23 to 58 years old, age range 0 to 32 years at surgical repair) and 34 nonhypertensive controls underwent structural and functional retinal vessel analysis. Using structural analysis, the vessel diameters were measured. Using functional analysis, the endothelium-dependent vessel dilation in response to flicker light…
