Altered Blood Flow in the Ophthalmic and Internal Carotid Arteries in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration Measured Using Noncontrast MR Angiography at 7T.
M L HibertYinching Iris ChenN OhringerWilliam J FeuerNadia K WaheedJeffrey S HeierM W CalhounPhilip J RosenfeldJonathan R PolimeniPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2021)
These findings support the hypothesis that vascular changes upstream to the eye are associated with the severity of age-related macular degeneration. Additional investigation into the potential causality of this relationship and whether treatments that improve ocular circulation slow disease progression is warranted.