Open AccessEvaluation of choroidal thickness via enhanced depth-imaging optical coherence tomography in patients with systemic hypertension
Author(s) -
Mustafa Gök,
V. Levent Karabaş,
Ender Emre,
ArzuToruk Aksar,
MehmetS Aslan,
Dilek Ural
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.156928
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory blood pressure , left ventricular hypertrophy , cardiology , optical coherence tomography , choroid , blood pressure , ventricle , dipper , ophthalmology , retina , physics , optics
The purpose was to evaluate choroidal thickness via spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare the data with those of 24-h blood pressure monitoring, elastic features of the aorta, and left ventricle systolic functions, in patients with systemic hypertension.