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Venular oxygen saturation is increased in young patients with type 1 diabetes and mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Nina C B B VeibyAida SimeunovicMartin HeierCathrine BrunborgNaila SaddiqueMorten C MoeKnut Dahl-JørgensenHanna D MargeirsdottirGoran Petrovski
Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2020)
Increase in venular O2 saturation could not be detected before mild retinopathy had developed, and the retinal O2 saturation increase was measurable on the venular side first. Our results suggest that the increase in O2 saturation is likely a consequence of DR.
Keyphrases
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • optical coherence tomography
  • editorial comment