Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy

Katarzyna Mozolewska-Piotrowska; Maria Nowacka; Monika Masiuk; Małgorzata Świder; Katarzyna Babiak; Krzysztof Safranow; Anna Machalińska

doi:10.5114/ko.2019.86950

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Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy

Katarzyna Mozolewska-Piotrowska

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,

Maria Nowacka

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,

Monika Masiuk

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,

Małgorzata Świder

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,

Katarzyna Babiak

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,

Krzysztof Safranow

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,

Anna Machalińska

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First Department of Ophthalmology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland Head: Professor Anna Machalińska, MD, PhD
Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland Head: Professor Kazimierz Ciechanowski, MD, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland Head: Professor Dariusz Chlubek, MD, PhD

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ko.2019.86950

Online publish date: 2019/09/23

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Mozolewska-Piotrowska K, Nowacka M, Masiuk M, et al. Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica. 2019;121(2):94-99. doi:10.5114/ko.2019.86950.

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Mozolewska-Piotrowska, K., Nowacka, M., Masiuk, M., Świder, M., Babiak, K.,  & Safranow, K. et al. (2019). Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica, 121(2), 94-99. https://doi.org/10.5114/ko.2019.86950

Chicago

Mozolewska-Piotrowska, Katarzyna, Maria Nowacka, Monika Masiuk, Małgorzata Świder, Katarzyna Babiak, Krzysztof Safranow,  and Anna Machalińska. 2019. "Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy". Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica 121 (2): 94-99. doi:10.5114/ko.2019.86950.

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Mozolewska-Piotrowska, K., Nowacka, M., Masiuk, M., Świder, M., Babiak, K., Safranow, K.,  and Machalińska, A. (2019). Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica, 121(2), pp.94-99. https://doi.org/10.5114/ko.2019.86950

MLA

Mozolewska-Piotrowska, Katarzyna et al. "Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy." Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica, vol. 121, no. 2, 2019, pp. 94-99. doi:10.5114/ko.2019.86950.

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Mozolewska-Piotrowska K, Nowacka M, Masiuk M, Świder M, Babiak K, Safranow K et al. Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica. 2019;121(2):94-99. doi:10.5114/ko.2019.86950.

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Aim
Clinically detectable signs of diabetic retinopathy are preceded by endothelial dysfunction. Retinal microvasculature dynamics assessment using a dynamic vessel analyzer (DVA) may enable detection of neurovascular changes in vivo at the preclinical stage of diabetic complications and thus may help to recognize patients at increased risk of diabetic retinopathy. The aim of the study was to investigate the response of retinal vessels to flickering light in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy.

Materials and methods
Eighty eyes of 40 patients with type II diabetes and no clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy were enrolled in the study group. The control group consisted of 44 volunteers (88 eyes) without diabetes. The Dynamic Vessel Analyzer (DVA) was used to measure retinal vascular dilatation in response to flicker light stimulation.

Results
The AVR obtained by static vessel analysis was similar in both groups, whereas retinal vascular dilation after flicker stimulation in arterioles and veins was significantly reduced in the DM group (mean of 1.79% and 3.24%, respectively) compared with the control group (mean of 2.86% and 4.07%, respectively). DM was an independent factor associated with lower values of the flicker-light-induced vasodilation. A slight positive correlation was noted between the time of physical activity and better arterial response to flicker light in the diabetic group (Rs = +0.34, p = 0.03).

Conclusions
1. Retinal vessel reactivity to flicker light stimulation is reduced in diabetic patients with no clinically detectable signs of diabetic retinopathy. 2.DVA may be a valuable tool for early identification of patients at increased risk of diabetic retinopathy.

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Flicker-induced retinal vessels dilatation in diabetic patients without clinically detectable diabetic retinopathy

Katarzyna Mozolewska-Piotrowska 1 , Maria Nowacka 2 , Monika Masiuk 1 , Małgorzata Świder 1 , Katarzyna Babiak 1 , Krzysztof Safranow 3 , Anna Machalińska 1

diabetic retinopathy, dynamic vessel analysis, retinal vessel reactivity, flicker-induced vessel dilation, DVA

Katarzyna Mozolewska-Piotrowska

¹

,

Maria Nowacka

²

,

Monika Masiuk

¹

,

Małgorzata Świder

¹

,

Katarzyna Babiak

¹

,

Krzysztof Safranow

³

,

Anna Machalińska

¹