Journal article
Central and hemicentral retinal vein occlusion: role of anti-platelet aggregation agents and anticoagulants
Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), Vol.118(8), pp.1603-1611
08/2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.04.036
PMCID: PMC3150626
PMID: 21704382
Abstract
To investigate systematically the role of anti-platelet-aggregating drugs or anticoagulants in central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and hemi-CRVO. Cohort study. Six hundred eighty-six consecutive patients with CRVO (567 patients, 585 eyes) and nonischemic hemi-CRVO (119 patients, 122 eyes). At first visit, all patients had a detailed ophthalmic and medical history (including the use of anti-platelet aggregating drugs or anticoagulants), and comprehensive ophthalmic and retinal evaluation. Visual evaluation was carried out by recording visual acuity, using the Snellen visual acuity chart, and visual fields with a Goldmann perimeter. The same ophthalmic evaluation was performed at each follow-up visit. At the initial visit, CRVO and hemi-CRVO were classified as nonischemic and ischemic. Visual acuity, visual fields, and severity of retinal hemorrhages. All 3 types of CRVO, showed a significantly greater severity of retinal hemorrhages among aspirin users than nonusers (P<0.001). Initial visual acuity and visual fields were significantly worse in aspirin users than nonusers in nonischemic CRVO and hemi-CRVO, but did not differ for ischemic CRVO. Among patients with nonischemic CRVO who initially had 20/60 or better visual acuity, there was a significant association of aspirin use with visual acuity deterioration. The odds ratio of visual acuity deterioration, adjusting for age, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and hypertension, for aspirin users relative to nonusers was 2.24 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14-4.41; P = 0.020). Of those whose macular edema resolved, overall cumulative visual acuity outcome also suggested a higher percentage with deterioration among aspirin users, odds ratio for deterioration of 3.62 (95% CI, 0.97-13.54; P = 0.05) for aspirin users relative to nonusers. For the nonischemic CRVO patients with 20/70 or worse visual acuity at the initial visit, after resolution of macular edema, improvement in visual acuity was less likely in the aspirin users than in nonusers (odds ratio, 0.18; 95% CI, 0.04-0.72; P = 0.016). Findings of this study indicate that, for patients with CRVO and hemi-CRVO, the use of aspirin, other anti-platelet aggregating agents, or anticoagulants was associated with a worse visual outcome and no apparent benefit. The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Central and hemicentral retinal vein occlusion: role of anti-platelet aggregation agents and anticoagulants
- Creators
- Sohan Singh Hayreh - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. sohan-hayreh@uiowa.eduPatricia A PodhajskyM Bridget Zimmerman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), Vol.118(8), pp.1603-1611
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.04.036
- PMID
- 21704382
- PMCID
- PMC3150626
- NLM abbreviation
- Ophthalmology
- ISSN
- 0161-6420
- eISSN
- 1549-4713
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R01 EY001151 / NEI NIH HHS R01 EY001151-05 / NEI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2011
- Academic Unit
- Biostatistics; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983980293602771
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