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Functional optical coherence tomography at altitude: retinal microvascular perfusion and retinal thickness at 3,800 meters.

  • Jacquie Baker‎ et al.
  • Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)‎
  • 2022‎

Cerebral hypoxia is a serious consequence of several cardiorespiratory illnesses. Measuring the retinal microvasculature at high altitude provides a surrogate for cerebral microvasculature, offering potential insight into cerebral hypoxia in critical illness. In addition, although sex-specific differences in cardiovascular diseases are strongly supported, few have focused on differences in ocular blood flow. We evaluated the retinal microvasculature in males (n = 11) and females (n = 7) using functional optical coherence tomography at baseline (1,130 m) (day 0), following rapid ascent (day 2), and prolonged exposure (day 9) to high altitude (3,800 m). Retinal vascular perfusion density (rVPD; an index of total blood supply), retinal thickness (RT; reflecting vascular and neural tissue volume), and arterial blood were acquired. As a group, rVPD increased on day 2 versus day 0 (P < 0.001) and was inversely related to [Formula: see text] (R2 = 0.45; P = 0.006). By day 9, rVPD recovered to baseline but was significantly lower in males than in females (P = 0.007). RT was not different on day 2 versus day 0 (P > 0.99) but was reduced by day 9 relative to day 0 and day 2 (P < 0.001). RT changes relative to day 0 were inversely related to changes in [Formula: see text] on day 2 (R2 = 0.6; P = 0.001) and day 9 (R2 = 0.4; P = 0.02). RT did not differ between sexes. These data suggest differential time course and regulation of the retina during rapid ascent and prolonged exposure to high altitude and are the first to demonstrate sex-specific differences in rVPD at high altitude. The ability to assess intact microvasculature contiguous with the brain has widespread research and clinical applications.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Measuring the retinal microvasculature at high altitude provides a surrogate for cerebral microvasculature, offering potential insight into consequence of cerebral hypoxia in critical illness. This study demonstrates dynamic regulation of the retina during rapid ascent and prolonged exposure to high altitude and is the first to demonstrate sex-specific differences in retinal microvasculature at high altitude. The ability to dynamically assess intact microvasculature contiguous with the brain has widespread research and clinical applications.


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