Increasing incidence of macular edema in excessive morning blood pressure surge in patients with retinal vein occlusion.

ABSTRACT: Morning blood pressure surge (MBPS) had been known to be associated with hypertensive target organ injury and vascular events. Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is also known to be related with underlying cardiovascular risk factors. This study investigated the effect of MBPS on patients with RVO. In total, 76 patients with RVO who had undergone systemic cardiovascular examination including a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, carotid artery intima media thickness, and pulse wave velocity were evaluated between January 2015 and February 2019. The MBPS was calculated as follows: mean systolic blood pressure measured over two hours after awakening minus mean systolic blood pressure measured during the one hour that included the lowest sleep blood pressure. Macular edema was significant

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064582 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature