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Systemic hypertensive disease and the feline fundus
Author(s) -
Crispin Sheila M.,
Mould John R. B.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
veterinary ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1463-5224
pISSN - 1463-5216
DOI - 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2001.00190.x
Subject(s) - hypertensive retinopathy , medicine , fundus (uterus) , blood pressure , hypertensive disease , retinopathy , ophthalmology , disease , retinal , diabetic retinopathy , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
The fundoscopic appearance and some of the histopathological findings of arterial hypertension in the cat are reviewed in relation to the anatomical and physiological features that place retinal function at particular risk when the eye is subjected to sustained increased arterial blood pressure. The fundus changes fall into three categories: hypertensive retinopathy, hypertensive choroidopathy and hypertensive optic neuropathy, and information from cases with confirmed arterial hypertensive disease is used to provide a basis for discussion and future investigation.