| Yazarlar |
Emine Temel
Türkiye |
|
Nazife Aşıkgarip
Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖRNEK
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
|
Ahmet Kıvrak
Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Purpose: To determine the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors on choroidal vascularity using the binarization method in a group of treatment-naive hypertensive patients. Methods: There were 48 treatment-naive hypertensive patients who were diagnosed according to the "2013 European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology" guideline and started angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor perindopril (Coversyl) in the study. As a control group, 48 healthy volunteers were randomly selected among people who attended the outpatient clinic for routine ophthalmological examination. Enhanceddepth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) images were captured at baseline and at 1 month after treatment. Binarization of the EDI-OCT images was performed by Image-J software. The choroidal thickness (CT), total choroidal area, luminal area, stromal area, and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) were measured. Results: There was a statistically significant increase in CT at all locations (subfoveal, nasal, and temporal) at 1 month after treatment compared with baseline (for all, p<0.001). Choroidal structural parameters and the mean CVI were statistically significantly increased at 1 month after treatment (for all, p<0.001). When compared, there was no statistically significant difference for the vascular parameters between the control group and the patient group at 1 month (for all, p>0.05). Conlusion: A statistically significant improvement was demonstrated in the choroidal vascular parameters except for the stromal area after treating with an ACE inhibitor in a group of hypertensive patients. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, Choroid, Choroidal vascularity index, Systemic hypertension, Optical Coherence Tomography |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy |
| Dergi ISSN | 1572-1000 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Dergi Grubu | Q3 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 12-2021 |
| Sayı | 36 |
| Makale Linki | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1572100021003938?via%3Dihub |
