Macular choroidal thickness measurements in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Karaca E. E., Ekici F., Yalcin N. G., Ciftci T. U., Ozdek S.

SLEEP AND BREATHING, vol.19, no.1, pp.335-341, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11325-014-1025-6
  • Journal Name: SLEEP AND BREATHING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.335-341
  • Keywords: Choroidal thickness, Choroidal blood flow, Enhanced depth imaging, Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY, CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY, MILD SYSTEMIC HYPOXIA, BLOOD-FLOW, FUNDUS PULSATIONS, CARBON-DIOXIDE, OCULAR FUNDUS, SD-OCT, OXYGEN, REPRODUCIBILITY
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess macular choroidal thickness measurements in patients with different severities of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) versus normal controls by using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).