title: Hypertensive eye disease: a review.
abstract: Hypertension is a risk factor for a number of vision-threatening eye conditions including retinal vascular occlusion, retinal macroaneurysm and non arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. In addition, hypertension may exacerbate the vision-threatening effects of diabetic retinopathy and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. The effects of sustained hypertension are directly visible in the eye as hypertensive retinopathy and choroidopathy, reflecting a pathological process occurring throughout the body. Close collaboration between ophthalmologists and general practitioners/physicians is needed to ensure that hypertensive patients are identified and treated. Timely intervention in these patients may reduce the risk of both vision-threatening and systemic complications.
authors.affiliation: Save Sight Institute, Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School, Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fraser-Bell
authors.affiliation: Save Sight Institute, Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Symes
authors.affiliation: Save Sight Institute, Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Anagha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaze
mesh_terms: D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: hypertension; retina; retinopathy