LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Evaluation of choroidal perfusion changes in obese patients: ocular effects of insulin resistance

Öner, Ramazan İlyas; Karadağ, Ayşe Sevgi.

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (6), 2018

ABSTRACT Purpose: We aimed to evaluate choroidal perfusion changes in obese patients using optical coherence tomography and dynamic contour tonometry, to determine whether these changes are associated with body mass index, and to assess the ocular effects of insulin resistance. Methods: We retrospect...

Índice de Masa Corporal, Coroides/irrigación sanguínea, Coroides/diagnóstico por imagen, Resistencia a la Insulina/fisiología, Presión Intraocular/fisiología, Obesidad/complicaciones, Flujo Pulsátil/fisiología, Estudios Retrospectivos, Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica, Tonometría Ocular

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Vascular Aging and Arterial Stiffness

Abstract Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) account annually for almost one third of all deaths worldwide. Among the CVD, systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) is related to more than half of those outcomes. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for SAH because it causes functional and structu...