Retinal microcirculation in patients with diabetes mellitus: dynamic and morphological analysis of perifoveal capillary network.

• DOI: 10.1136/bjo.75.9.514
• Publication Date: 2007-09-18T21:53:19Z
• Authors: O Arend; S Wolf; F Jung; B Bertram; H Postgens; H Toonen; M Reim
• Keywords: Foveal avascular zone

The new scanning laser technique allows one to quantify the retinal microcirculation. A digital image analysing system was used study capillary blood flow velocities and morphological parameters of perifoveal intercapillary areas foveal avascular zones in normal diabetic subjects. Diabetic patients showed a significant reduction cell comparison with Perifoveal were significantly increased all stages retinopathy, both progressing retinopathy. Significant changes observed between subjects no