Subfoveal choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer alterations in chronic heart failure patients.
Hatice Selen KanarAysegul PenbeBatur Gonenc KanarPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia (2021)
Our study thus revealed that the subfoveal choroidal thickness was lower in patients belonging to both the chronic heart failure groups in comparison to those in the control group. However, the alteration in the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness was noted in only patients with <30% left ventricle ejection fraction. In the clinical practice, reductions in these values are correlated with decreased left ventricle ejection fraction, which may be important for the follow-up of chorioretinal diseases and the evaluation of glaucoma risks in patients with chronic heart failures.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- optical coherence tomography
- aortic stenosis
- optic nerve
- diabetic retinopathy
- clinical practice
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary artery
- heart failure
- mitral valve
- peripheral nerve
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- newly diagnosed
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement