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Fluorescein angiography in hypertensive pregnancies
Author(s) -
Schreyer P.,
Tzadok J.,
Sherman D.J.,
Herman A.,
BarItzhak R.,
Caspi E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90226-u
Subject(s) - medicine , fluorescein angiography , hypertensive retinopathy , retinal , ophthalmology , angiography , fluorescein , pregnancy , retinopathy , obstetrics , endocrinology , physics , genetics , quantum mechanics , biology , fluorescence , diabetes mellitus
A retrospective study in two university hospitals investigating retinal changes in pregnancies complicated by hypertension, seldom revealed retinal vascular changes in pre‐eclamptic toxemia. Fluorescein angiography was performed on 16 severe pre‐eclamptic toxemias and 14 chronic hypertension pregnancies. Normal caliber retinal vessels and normal filling time, with no subretinal or subepithelium leakage, was found in all pre‐eclamptic toxemic patients. Four out of the 14 chronic hypertensive patients showed signs of mild hypertensive retinopathy. A review of the literature on fluorescein angiography in pregnancy showed that vascular changes in pre‐eclamptic toxemia are choroidal rather than retinal.