Fluorescein angiography in hypertensive pregnancies.
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.
Schreyer
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Tzadok
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Sherman
D J
DJ
Herman
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A
Bar-Itzhak
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R
Caspi
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D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology