In the last two decades evidence has gradually accumulated suggesting that the eye may be
a unique window for cardiovascular risk stratification based on the assessment of subclinical …

Abstract Purpose of Review The strength of the relationship between diabetes, diabetic
retinopathy (DR), and glaucoma remains controversial. We review evidence supporting and …

Ophthalmic diseases represent a significant problem as over 2 billion people worldwide
suffer from vison impairment and blindness. Eye drops account for around 90% of …

Besides apoptosis, necrosis can also occur in a highly regulated and genetically controlled
manner, defined as regulated necrosis, which is characterized by a loss of cell membrane …

Glaucoma, a progressive optic neuropathy characterized by retinal ganglion cell
degeneration and visual field loss, is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide …

Assessment and maintenance of end-organ perfusion are key to resuscitation in critical
illness, although there are limited direct methods or proxy measures to assess cerebral …

Purpose It has previously been found that imposing positive defocus changes axial length
and choroidal thickness after only 30 min. In the present study, we investigated whether …

Introduction. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography
angiography (OCTA) allowed visualization of retina and choroid to nearly the capillary level; …

Neurovascular coupling, also termed functional hyperemia, is one of the physiological key
mechanisms to adjust blood flow in a neural tissue in response to functional activity. In the …

Purpose To investigate the correlation between retinal and choroidal microperfusion in
patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) using optical coherence tomography angiography …