RETINAL VASCULAR CHANGES IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION IN RELATION TO ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE

Dr.K.R.VIJAYABHARATHI

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

RETINAL VASCULAR CHANGES IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION IN RELATION TO ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE

Dr. K. R. Vijayabharathi

Abstract :

To study the vascular changes in patients with essential hypertension and to identify the risk factors associated with it. Even though hypertensive retinopathy is seen by ophthalmologist in daily practic, this study is done to look for the possible correlation of hypertensive and arteriosclerotic retinopathy with factors such as age, sex and duration of elevated blood pressure after eliminating known risk factors which could cause other forms of hypertension. This study was done to find out whether these factors can influence the severity of retinopathy