The neurovascular retinal involvement in a large population of patients recovered from COVID-19: an OCT and OCT angiography study.
Eleonora CosmoLuisa FrizzieroStefano SchiavonAnna Maria CattelanDavide LeoniAlfio CapizziTommaso TorresinGiulia MidenaEdoardo Armato Smaniotto Dai RoveriRaffaele ParrozzaniEdoardo MidenaPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2024)
A microvascular retinal and choriocapillaris damage may be identified secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection, even after recovery. OCTA may represent a reproducible and non-invasive tool to assess microangiopathy in these patients, with particular regard to those with previous cardio/cerebrovascular events, hypertension and those who received oxygen therapy.
Keyphrases
- optical coherence tomography
- diabetic retinopathy
- optic nerve
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- coronavirus disease
- chronic kidney disease
- blood pressure
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- patient reported outcomes
- stem cells
- mesenchymal stem cells
- patient reported
- cell therapy