Retinal oedema in central retinal artery occlusion develops as a function of time.

G Alex OchakovskiDaniel A WenzelMartin S SpitzerSven PoliFlorian HärtigManuel Dominik FischerSpyridon DimopoulosMaximilian Schultheiss

Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2020)

Retinal thickness increases with oedema formation, and ischaemia onset is strongly correlated with this structural biomarker in both, pigs and NA-CRAO patients. Prospective clinical trials will have to determine the clinical feasibility of retinal thickness measurements as a biomarker to support clinical management of NA-CRAO.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
optic nerve
clinical trial
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ejection fraction
prognostic factors
open label