Characteristics and risk factors of retinal vasculopathy in antiphospholipid syndrome.

Zhijuan XieHui LiWanting QiJing LiChanyuan WuChaojun HuNan JiangQian WangXinping TianMeng Tao LiJiuliang ZhaoRuifang SuiXiao-Feng Zeng

Published in: Lupus (2022)

Patients with APS-related heart valve disease and nephropathy suffered a higher risk of retinal vasculopathy. The underlying mechanisms of aPL-associated retinal vasculopathy may involve thrombotic microangiopathy, leading to poor prognosis and therapeutic changes.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
risk factors
long non coding rna
optic nerve
heart failure
mitral valve
coronary artery disease
left ventricular
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement