"AMD patients with systemic hypertension have lower choroidal blood flow than those without systemic hypertension. This decrease in choroidal blood circulation may help explain the mechanism by which systemic hypertension may contribute to the progression of AMD and the development of choroidal neovascularisation."
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND AMD
Effect of systemic hypertension on foveolar choroidal blood flow in age related macular degeneration -- Metelitsina et al. 90 (3): 342 -- British Journal of Ophthalmology According to this article:
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