Retinal Neurovascular Changes in Patients With Ischemic Stroke Investigated by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate retinal neurovascular structural changes in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Materials and methods

The cross-sectional study was conducted in Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, China, consisting of 159 eyes from IS patients and 109 eyes from age-matched control subjects. Retinal microvascular parameters including the vessel density (VD) of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP), deep capillary plexus (DCP) and radial peripapillary capillary (RPC), and neural parameters such as ganglion cell complex thickness (GCCt) and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness (RNFLt) were measured by OCTA.

Results

The VD of SCP and DCP in the macular area were significantly reduced in IS patients compar

SUBMITTER: Liang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289443 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature