Assessing the Retinal Microvasculature in Individuals With Early and Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate retinal microvascular changes in early and late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD)

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Veröffentlicht in:Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina. - 2013. - 52(2021), 6 vom: 16. Juni, Seite 336-344
1. Verfasser: Robbins, Cason B (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Grewal, Dilraj S, Stinnett, Sandra S, Soundararajan, Srinath, Yoon, Stephen P, Polascik, Bryce W, Liu, Andy J, Burke, James R, Fekrat, Sharon
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina
Schlagworte:Journal Article
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate retinal microvascular changes in early and late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD)
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eighty-six eyes of 50 late-onset AD participants, 27 eyes of 15 early onset AD participants, and 111 eyes of 57 cognitively normal controls were included. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) vessel density (VD) and perfusion density (PD) in Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study 3-mm and 6-mm circles and rings were assessed
RESULTS: There was decreased PD in early onset AD 3-mm circle (P = .026) and ring (P = .026) versus controls as well as in late-onset AD 3-mm circle (P = .023) and ring (P = .023) versus controls. There was decreased VD in late-onset AD 3-mm circle (P = .012) and ring (P = .006). No parameters differed between early and late-onset AD (P > .05)
CONCLUSIONS: AD eyes exhibited decreased retinal microvascular density compared to controls. Retinal parameters may not differ between early onset AD and late-onset AD after adjusting for age. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2021;52:336-344.]
Beschreibung:Date Completed 24.11.2021
Date Revised 24.11.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:2325-8179
DOI:10.3928/23258160-20210528-06