Improvement of Retinal Microcirculation after Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation-An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.

Philipp S LangeNatasa MihailovicEliane EsserGerrit FrommeyerAlicia J FischerNiklas BodeDennis HöwelFriederike RosenbergerNicole EterLars EckardtLarissa LahmeMaged Alnawaiseh

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

Patients with AF showed altered ocular perfusion as measured using OCTA when compared with healthy controls. Rhythm control using PVI significantly improved ocular perfusion as measured using OCT-A. Non-contact imaging using OCTA provides novel information about the central global microperfusion of patients with AF.

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atrial fibrillation
optic nerve
optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
contrast enhanced
high resolution
heart rate
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
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