Subfoveal choroidal thickness in patients with chronic heart failure analyzed by spectral-domain optical coherence
Hasan Altinkaynak1, Necip Kara, Nihat Sayın
1Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey .
Purpose:
To evaluate the subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) measured by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) in eyes of chronic heart failure (CHF) patients.
Methods:
Fifty-six patients with CHF and 56 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals were enrolled. The SFCT was measured by EDI-OCT. The ejection fraction of left ventricle (EFLV), age, intraocular pressure (IOP), axial length (AL), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) were also measured.
Results:
Mean SFCT was 181.2 ± 80.23 μm in the study group and 283.6 ± 52.4 μm in the control group (p = 0.000). There was a statistically significant correlation between the SFCT and each of EFLV and age. SFCT value was not statistically significantly associated with AL, IOP and OPP.
Conclusion:
Our results suggest that SFCT is lower in eyes of CHF patients compared to age- and gender-matched healthy individuals.
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