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1/2006
vol. 108
 
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Original paper

Evaluation of blood flow in the ophthalmic artery and central retinal artery in children with retinopathy of prematurity

Anna Niwald
1
,
Mirosława Grałek
2

  1. Department of Paediatric Ophthalmology, Chair of Paediatrics, Medical University of Łódź, University Hospital No 4 in Łódź
  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw
Online publish date: 2006/03/17
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Purpose: To evaluate blood flow parameters in the ophthalmic artery and central retinal artery in children with retinopathy of

prematurity (ROP).

Material and methods: The study comprised 57 premature children born between 24 and 33 weeks of gestation, with birth

weight from 600g to 1660g, including 42 preterm children with retinopathy in stage 1, 2, 3 and 3 ,,plus’’ and 15 preterm children without retinopathy. Color Doppler ultrasonography (USG-CD) was used to measure in the studied vessels maximal systolic

velocity (Vmax), end-diastolic velocity (Vmin) and resistance index (RI).

Results: Statistically significantly (p<0.05) higher values of Vmax were seen in the ophthalmic artery and central retinal artery

in preterm children with retinopathy in stage 2 and 3, as compared with other children. In preterms with dilation and tortuosity

of posterior blood vessels in stage 3 ,,plus’’ ROP, Vmax in both studied vessels was lower and was comparable to that in stage

1 ROP and in children without retinopathy. RI in the ophthalmic artery in children with ROP in stage 2 and 3 was statistically

significantly higher (p<0.05) from its values seen in other groups, and for the central retinal artery RI did not differ statistically

significantly.

Conclusions: The conducted USG-CD measurements revealed that in children with retinopathy of prematurity haemodynamic

parameters of blood flow in the ophthalmic artery and central retinal artery differ in relation to disease stage of advancement,

and in relation to the status of blood vessels in the eye fundus. The clinical implications of these results, however, need to be

confirmed in long term studies, in order to determine the sensitivity, specificity and repeatability of this method, as well as to

establish the diagnostic standards.
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