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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Hypertension
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1516787
This article is part of the Research Topic The Importance of the Central Hemodynamic in the Cardiovascular Diseases Develop Volume II View all articles

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FUNDUS OF THE EYE EXAMINATION AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS

Provisionally accepted
Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa 1,2*Ana Carolina Storch Klein Ana Carolina Storch Klein 2Júlia Klein Júlia Klein 2Camila Samrsla Möller Camila Samrsla Möller 2Eliane Fátima Manfio Eliane Fátima Manfio 2Bruna Eibel Bruna Eibel 3Carolina da Silva Mengue Carolina da Silva Mengue 2,4
  • 1 Hospital São Francisco - Santa Casa Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • 2 Feevale University, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • 3 Instituto Cardiologia RS/ Fundação Universitdade de cardiologia., Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • 4 Department of Ophthalmology, Ivo Correa-Meyer Institute, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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    This review addresses the correlation between arterial stiffness, measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV), and retinal microvascular changes, highlighting the retina as an important accessible window for inferences about cardiovascular health.Arterial stiffness, intrinsically linked to vascular aging and several comorbidities, results in damage to the microcirculation, including ocular vasculature, which can act as a predictor of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes. The review highlights the relationship between PWV assessment and funduscopic examination, with the aim of improving diagnostic accuracy and optimizing the clinical application of these tools in the management of cardiovascular and ophthalmological diseases, thus promoting more effective and early intervention.

    Keywords: arterial stiffness, pulse wave velocity, Fundus of the eye, Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypertension

    Received: 24 Oct 2024; Accepted: 19 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Barbosa, Klein, Klein, Möller, Manfio, Eibel and Mengue. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa, Hospital São Francisco - Santa Casa Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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