Impact of hypertension on retinal capillary microvasculature using optical coherence tomographic angiography

• Main Authors: Chua, Jacqueline, Chin, Calvin Woon Loong, Hong, Jimmy, Chee, Miao Li, Le, Thu-Thao, Ting, Daniel Shu Wei, Wong, Tien Yin, Schmetterer, Leopold
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring; Blood Pressure
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145432
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Objective: Reduction in capillary density or rarefaction is a hallmark of essential hypertension. We measured the retinal capillary density using noninvasive optical coherence tomographic angiography (OCT-A) in adults with treated systemic hypertension and determined possible correlations with ambul...