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August 14, 2018Journal of Hypertension196 citationsOpen Access

Impact of hypertension on retinal capillary microvasculature using optical coherence tomographic angiography

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JCJacqueline ChuaCCCalvin ChinJHJimmy Hong

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In adults with treated systemic hypertension, retinal capillary density reduced with higher BP and poorer eGFR. These findings highlight the potential role of OCT-A to study early microvascular changes because of systemic hypertension.

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