Systemic Arterial Stiffness Is Associated With Structural Progression in Early Open-Angle Glaucoma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose was to identify association between systemic arterial stiffness predicted by brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV) and initial location of structural progression in early open-angle glaucoma.

Methods

Patients with early open-angle glaucoma who underwent PWV measurements were subjected to a retrospective review of medical records. A total of 160 eyes of 160 patients were subjected to analyses. Patients were categorized into three PWV groups. Structural progression was determined using event-based analysis of the Guided Progression Analysis software of Cirrus optical coherence tomography.

Results

Thirty-eight patients had a PWV of 1400 cm/s or less on both the left and right sides (low PWV, 39.5% females, 53.9 ± 8.8 years old), and 46 patients sho

SUBMITTER: Lee JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8982628 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature