Correlation Between Retinal Vessel Diameters and Uveitis Activity. 2023

Federico Zicarelli, and Aniruddha Agarwal, and Chiara Rizzi, and Marta Oldani, and Giovanni Staurenghi, and Alessandro Invernizzi
Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

To assess retinal vein and artery diameters during active and inactive intraocular inflammation in eyes with uveitis. Color fundus photographs and clinical data of eyes with uveitis collected during two visits (active disease [i.e., T0] and inactive stage [i.e., T1]) were reviewed. The images were semi-automatically analyzed to obtain the central retina vein equivalent (CRVE) and central retina artery equivalent (CRAE). Changes of CRVE and CRAE from T0 to T1 were calculated, and their possible correlation with clinical data, including age, gender, ethnicity, uveitis etiology, and visual acuity, were investigated. Eighty-nine eyes were enrolled in the study. Both CRVE and CRAE reduced from T0 to T1 (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.01, respectively), with active inflammation being able to influence the CRVE and CRAE (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.0004, respectively) after accounting for all other variables. The degree of venular (∆V) and arteriolar (∆A) dilation was influenced only by time (P = 0.03 and P = 0.04, respectively). Best-corrected visual acuity was influenced by time and ethnicity (P = 0.003 and P = 0.0006). CRVE and CRAE are increased in eyes with active intraocular inflammation regardless of the type of uveitis, and they decrease when the inflammation wears off.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007249 Inflammation A pathological process characterized by injury or destruction of tissues caused by a variety of cytologic and chemical reactions. It is usually manifested by typical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function. Innate Inflammatory Response,Inflammations,Inflammatory Response, Innate,Innate Inflammatory Responses
D005123 Eye The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light. Eyes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012169 Retinal Vein Central retinal vein and its tributaries. It runs a short course within the optic nerve and then leaves and empties into the superior ophthalmic vein or cavernous sinus. Central Retinal Vein,Central Retinal Veins,Retinal Vein, Central,Retinal Veins,Retinal Veins, Central,Vein, Central Retinal,Vein, Retinal,Veins, Central Retinal,Veins, Retinal
D012171 Retinal Vessels The blood vessels which supply and drain the RETINA. Pecten Oculi,Retinal Vasculature,Retinal Blood Vessels,Retinal Blood Vessel,Retinal Vasculatures,Retinal Vessel,Vasculature, Retinal,Vessel, Retinal,Vessel, Retinal Blood
D014605 Uveitis Inflammation of part or all of the uvea, the middle (vascular) tunic of the eye, and commonly involving the other tunics (sclera and cornea, and the retina). (Dorland, 27th ed) Uveitides

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