Aspirin Use in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion in Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients

Abstract

Purpose: The aim was to investigate whether aspirin use is a risk factor in Branch retinal veinocclusion in hypertensive and diabetic patients.Materials and Methods: The study included 30 hypertensive patients who were diagnosedbranch retinal vein occlusion. Visual acuity, width of retinal hemorrhages, macular edema andretinal neovascularization were compared between aspirin using and non-using patients.Results: Of the 30 cases, 18 were using aspirin, 12 were not. Visual acuity less than 0.1 wasobserved in 10 of 18 aspirin using patients and 3 of 12 non-using patients (p = 0.09). There wasno correlation between visual acuity and wide of retinal hemorrhage.Conclusion: The use of aspirin in patients with well controlled hypertension and diabetes maypositively effect the visual outcome

Keywords

• Aspirin,Branch retinal vein occlusion,Hypertension

Retina Ven Dal Tıkanıklığı Geçiren Hipertansif ve Diyabetik Olgularda Aspirin Kullanımı

Abstract

Amaç: Retina ven dal tıkanıklığı (RVDT) geçiren hipertansiyonu ve diyabeti olan olgulardaAspirin kullanımının bir risk faktörü olup olmadığını araştırmak amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya RVDT geçiren 30 hipertansif olgu dahil edilmiştir. Bu olgulardanAspirin kullanan ve kullanmayanlar görme düzeyi, retina kanamalarının genişliği, maküla ödemive retinada yeni damar oluşumu yönünden irdelenmiştir.Bulgular: Çalışmaya alınan 30 olgudan 18'i Aspirin kullanmıyordu 12'si ise Aspirinkullanıyordu. Aspirin kullanmayan 18 olgudan 10'unda görme düzeyi 0.1'in altındaydı. Aspirinkullanan 12 olgudan 3'ünde görme 0.1 ve alında saptandı. (p=0.09) Aspirin kullanan olgulardahemoraji yaygınlığı ile görme düzeyi arasında bir korelasyon saptanmadı.Sonuç: Düzgün kan basıncı kontrolü sağlanan diyabetik olgularda Aspirin kullanımı görselprognozu olumlu etkileyebilir

Keywords

• Aspirin,Retinal ven dal tıkanıklığı,Hipertansiyon

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