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Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated to microvascular alterations. We screened the fundus of patients with COVID-19 to detect alterations of the retina and its vasculature and to assess possible correlations with clinical parameters. METHODS: Cross-sectional study. The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32984785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100550 |
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author | Invernizzi, Alessandro Torre, Alessandro Parrulli, Salvatore Zicarelli, Federico Schiuma, Marco Colombo, Valeria Giacomelli, Andrea Cigada, Mario Milazzo, Laura Ridolfo, Annalisa Faggion, Ivano Cordier, Laura Oldani, Marta Marini, Sara Villa, Paolo Rizzardini, Giuliano Galli, Massimo Antinori, Spinello Staurenghi, Giovanni Meroni, Luca |
author_facet | Invernizzi, Alessandro Torre, Alessandro Parrulli, Salvatore Zicarelli, Federico Schiuma, Marco Colombo, Valeria Giacomelli, Andrea Cigada, Mario Milazzo, Laura Ridolfo, Annalisa Faggion, Ivano Cordier, Laura Oldani, Marta Marini, Sara Villa, Paolo Rizzardini, Giuliano Galli, Massimo Antinori, Spinello Staurenghi, Giovanni Meroni, Luca |
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description | BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated to microvascular alterations. We screened the fundus of patients with COVID-19 to detect alterations of the retina and its vasculature and to assess possible correlations with clinical parameters. METHODS: Cross-sectional study. The presence of retinal alterations in patients with COVID-19 and subjects unexposed to the virus was assessed using fundus photographs and their prevalence was compared. Mean arteries diameter (MAD) and mean veins diameter (MVD) were compared between patients and unexposed subjects with multiple linear regression including age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking/alcohol consumption, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes as covariates. The influence of clinical/lab parameters on retinal findings was tested in COVID-19 patients. FINDINGS: 54 patients and 133 unexposed subjects were enrolled. Retinal findings in COVID-19 included: haemorrhages (9·25%), cotton wools spots (7·4%), dilated veins (27·7%), tortuous vessels (12·9%). Both MAD and MVD were higher in COVID-19 patients compared to unexposed subjects (98·3 ± 15·3 µm vs 91·9 ± 11·7 µm, p = 0.006 and 138·5 ± 21·5 µm vs 123·2 ± 13·0 µm, p<0.0001, respectively). In multiple regression accounting for covariates MVD was positively associated with COVID-19 both in severe (coefficient 30·3, CI95% 18·1–42·4) and non-severe (coefficient 10·3, CI95% 1·6–19·0) cases compared to unexposed subjects. In COVID-19 patients MVD was negatively correlated with the time from symptoms onset (coefficient −1·0, CI 95% −1·89 to −0·20) and positively correlated with disease severity (coefficient 22·0, CI 95% 5·2–38·9). INTERPRETATION: COVID-19 can affect the retina. Retinal veins diameter seems directly correlated with the disease severity. Its assessment could have possible applications in the management of COVID-19. FUNDING: None. |
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spelling | pubmed-75022802020-09-21 Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study Invernizzi, Alessandro Torre, Alessandro Parrulli, Salvatore Zicarelli, Federico Schiuma, Marco Colombo, Valeria Giacomelli, Andrea Cigada, Mario Milazzo, Laura Ridolfo, Annalisa Faggion, Ivano Cordier, Laura Oldani, Marta Marini, Sara Villa, Paolo Rizzardini, Giuliano Galli, Massimo Antinori, Spinello Staurenghi, Giovanni Meroni, Luca EClinicalMedicine Research Paper BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated to microvascular alterations. We screened the fundus of patients with COVID-19 to detect alterations of the retina and its vasculature and to assess possible correlations with clinical parameters. METHODS: Cross-sectional study. The presence of retinal alterations in patients with COVID-19 and subjects unexposed to the virus was assessed using fundus photographs and their prevalence was compared. Mean arteries diameter (MAD) and mean veins diameter (MVD) were compared between patients and unexposed subjects with multiple linear regression including age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking/alcohol consumption, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes as covariates. The influence of clinical/lab parameters on retinal findings was tested in COVID-19 patients. FINDINGS: 54 patients and 133 unexposed subjects were enrolled. Retinal findings in COVID-19 included: haemorrhages (9·25%), cotton wools spots (7·4%), dilated veins (27·7%), tortuous vessels (12·9%). Both MAD and MVD were higher in COVID-19 patients compared to unexposed subjects (98·3 ± 15·3 µm vs 91·9 ± 11·7 µm, p = 0.006 and 138·5 ± 21·5 µm vs 123·2 ± 13·0 µm, p<0.0001, respectively). In multiple regression accounting for covariates MVD was positively associated with COVID-19 both in severe (coefficient 30·3, CI95% 18·1–42·4) and non-severe (coefficient 10·3, CI95% 1·6–19·0) cases compared to unexposed subjects. In COVID-19 patients MVD was negatively correlated with the time from symptoms onset (coefficient −1·0, CI 95% −1·89 to −0·20) and positively correlated with disease severity (coefficient 22·0, CI 95% 5·2–38·9). INTERPRETATION: COVID-19 can affect the retina. Retinal veins diameter seems directly correlated with the disease severity. Its assessment could have possible applications in the management of COVID-19. FUNDING: None. Elsevier 2020-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7502280/ /pubmed/32984785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100550 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Paper Invernizzi, Alessandro Torre, Alessandro Parrulli, Salvatore Zicarelli, Federico Schiuma, Marco Colombo, Valeria Giacomelli, Andrea Cigada, Mario Milazzo, Laura Ridolfo, Annalisa Faggion, Ivano Cordier, Laura Oldani, Marta Marini, Sara Villa, Paolo Rizzardini, Giuliano Galli, Massimo Antinori, Spinello Staurenghi, Giovanni Meroni, Luca Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study |
title | Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study |
title_full | Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study |
title_fullStr | Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study |
title_full_unstemmed | Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study |
title_short | Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19: Results from the SERPICO-19 study |
title_sort | retinal findings in patients with covid-19: results from the serpico-19 study |
topic | Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32984785 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100550 |
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