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05.11.2015 | Neurophthalmology
Impaired systemic vascular endothelial function in patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
Erschienen in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Ausgabe 5/2016
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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to evaluate systemic endothelial function in elderly hypertension patients with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) by using a noninvasive physiological method: endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD).
Methods
Forty-two systemic hypertension patients with NAION (NAION group), 64 age- and sex-matched patients with systemic hypertension and no other ocular disease (hypertension group), and 100 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers (normal group) were enrolled. FMD was evaluated using a high-resolution ultrasonography. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors and vascular parameters were measured.
Results
Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were significantly higher in patients with NAION compared with the control groups (p < 0.001). The FMD decreased significantly in the NAION group (6.02 ± 1.87 %) compared to in the hypertension group (7.86 ± 2.94 %, p < 0.001) and the normal group (8.99 ± 2.44 %, p < 0.001). By multivariable logistic regression analysis, FMD was significantly associated with NAION (OR, 1.79; 95%CI, 1.67–2.01).
Conclusions
NAION may be associated with systemic vascular endothelial dysfunction. FMD might be useful in the treatment monitoring of NAION.