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The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
This study aimed to quantify possible long-term impairment of the retinal microcirculation and microvasculature by reassessing a cohort of patients with acute COVID-19 without other known comorbidities one year after their discharge from the hospital. Thirty patients in the acute phase of COVID-19 w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36835445 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24044032 |
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author | Jevnikar, Kristina Meglič, Andrej Lapajne, Luka Logar, Mateja Vidovič Valentinčič, Nataša Globočnik Petrovič, Mojca Jaki Mekjavić, Polona |
author_facet | Jevnikar, Kristina Meglič, Andrej Lapajne, Luka Logar, Mateja Vidovič Valentinčič, Nataša Globočnik Petrovič, Mojca Jaki Mekjavić, Polona |
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description | This study aimed to quantify possible long-term impairment of the retinal microcirculation and microvasculature by reassessing a cohort of patients with acute COVID-19 without other known comorbidities one year after their discharge from the hospital. Thirty patients in the acute phase of COVID-19 without known systemic comorbidities were enrolled in this prospective longitudinal cohort study. Fundus photography, SS-OCT, and SS-OCTA using swept-source OCT (SS-OCT, Topcon DRI OCT Triton; Topcon Corp., Tokyo, Japan) were performed in the COVID-19 unit and 1-year after hospital discharge. The cohort’s median age was 60 years (range 28–65) and 18 (60%) were male. Mean vein diameter (MVD) significantly decreased over time, from 134.8 μm in the acute phase to 112.4 μm at a 1-year follow-up (p < 0.001). A significantly reduced retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness was observed at follow-up in the inferior quadrant of the inner ring (mean diff. 0.80 95% CI 0.01–1.60, p = 0.047) and inferior (mean diff. 1.56 95% CI 0.50–2.61, p < 0.001), nasal (mean diff. 2.21 95% CI 1.16–3.27, p < 0.001), and superior (mean diff. 1.69 95% CI 0.63–2.74, p < 0.001) quadrants of the outer ring. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups regarding vessel density of the superior and deep capillary plexuses. The transient dilatation of the retinal vessels in the acute phase of COVID-19, as well as RNFL thickness changes, could become a biomarker of angiopathy in patients with severe COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-99666892023-02-26 The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study Jevnikar, Kristina Meglič, Andrej Lapajne, Luka Logar, Mateja Vidovič Valentinčič, Nataša Globočnik Petrovič, Mojca Jaki Mekjavić, Polona Int J Mol Sci Article This study aimed to quantify possible long-term impairment of the retinal microcirculation and microvasculature by reassessing a cohort of patients with acute COVID-19 without other known comorbidities one year after their discharge from the hospital. Thirty patients in the acute phase of COVID-19 without known systemic comorbidities were enrolled in this prospective longitudinal cohort study. Fundus photography, SS-OCT, and SS-OCTA using swept-source OCT (SS-OCT, Topcon DRI OCT Triton; Topcon Corp., Tokyo, Japan) were performed in the COVID-19 unit and 1-year after hospital discharge. The cohort’s median age was 60 years (range 28–65) and 18 (60%) were male. Mean vein diameter (MVD) significantly decreased over time, from 134.8 μm in the acute phase to 112.4 μm at a 1-year follow-up (p < 0.001). A significantly reduced retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness was observed at follow-up in the inferior quadrant of the inner ring (mean diff. 0.80 95% CI 0.01–1.60, p = 0.047) and inferior (mean diff. 1.56 95% CI 0.50–2.61, p < 0.001), nasal (mean diff. 2.21 95% CI 1.16–3.27, p < 0.001), and superior (mean diff. 1.69 95% CI 0.63–2.74, p < 0.001) quadrants of the outer ring. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups regarding vessel density of the superior and deep capillary plexuses. The transient dilatation of the retinal vessels in the acute phase of COVID-19, as well as RNFL thickness changes, could become a biomarker of angiopathy in patients with severe COVID-19. MDPI 2023-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9966689/ /pubmed/36835445 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24044032 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jevnikar, Kristina Meglič, Andrej Lapajne, Luka Logar, Mateja Vidovič Valentinčič, Nataša Globočnik Petrovič, Mojca Jaki Mekjavić, Polona The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title | The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_full | The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_fullStr | The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_full_unstemmed | The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_short | The Comparison of Retinal Microvascular Findings in Acute COVID-19 and 1-Year after Hospital Discharge Assessed with Multimodal Imaging—A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study |
title_sort | comparison of retinal microvascular findings in acute covid-19 and 1-year after hospital discharge assessed with multimodal imaging—a prospective longitudinal cohort study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9966689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36835445 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24044032 |
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