Association between optical coherence tomography based retinal microvasculature characteristics and myocardial infarction in young men

TY - JOUR

T1 - Association between optical coherence tomography based retinal microvasculature characteristics and myocardial infarction in young men

AU - Kromer, Robert

AU - Tigges, Eike

AU - Rashed, Nargis

AU - Pein, Inga

AU - Klemm, Maren

AU - Blankenberg, Stefan

PY - 2018/4/4

Y1 - 2018/4/4

N2 - Incident myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of adult mortality in the United States. However, because MI has a relatively low incidence in the young population, little information exists on the disease in younger adults. Because the retina has the unique quality that its vasculature is readily and noninvasively visible, the retina is frequently studied to evaluate correlations between vessels and cardiovascular diseases. In the current study, we evaluated the retinal microvasculature of patients who had experienced an MI before 50 years of age (n = 53 subjects) and age- and sex-matched patients who had not experienced an MI (n = 53 patients). We used circular optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans to image peripapillary venules and arterioles. The diameter of each vessel was measured and the respective arterial-venous ratio (AVR) was calculated. We did not detect any significant differences between MI and control subjects in retinal vessel calibre or AVR.

AB - Incident myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of adult mortality in the United States. However, because MI has a relatively low incidence in the young population, little information exists on the disease in younger adults. Because the retina has the unique quality that its vasculature is readily and noninvasively visible, the retina is frequently studied to evaluate correlations between vessels and cardiovascular diseases. In the current study, we evaluated the retinal microvasculature of patients who had experienced an MI before 50 years of age (n = 53 subjects) and age- and sex-matched patients who had not experienced an MI (n = 53 patients). We used circular optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans to image peripapillary venules and arterioles. The diameter of each vessel was measured and the respective arterial-venous ratio (AVR) was calculated. We did not detect any significant differences between MI and control subjects in retinal vessel calibre or AVR.

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.1038/s41598-018-24083-x

DO - 10.1038/s41598-018-24083-x

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 29618760

VL - 8

SP - 5615

JO - SCI REP-UK

JF - SCI REP-UK

SN - 2045-2322

IS - 1

ER -