Retinal microvascular attenuation in mental cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease by optical coherence tomography angiography

• Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (Oxford, England) Vol. 98; no. 6; pp. e781 - e787
• Main Authors: Wu, Jing, Zhang, Xiaojun, Azhati, Guliqiwaer, Li, Tingting, Xu, Guoxing, Liu, Fang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Angiography; Cognitive ability; dementia; Eye; Medical imaging; microvascular density; Microvasculature; mild cognitive impairment; Neurodegenerative diseases; optical coherence tomography angiography; Retina; retinal capillary plexuses; Tomography; dementia; mild cognitive impairment; retinal capillary plexuses; microvascular density; optical coherence tomography angiography

Purpose To explore regional variation of the macular microvasculature in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), also to detect the association between retinal macular microvascular parameters and the progress of preclinical AD. Methods Prospective study of h...