TY  - JOUR
A1  - Martin-Gonzalez, Anabel
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Rios-Martinez, Jorge
A1  - Lanzl, Ines
A1  - Navab, Nassir
T1  - Mediated-reality magnification for macular degeneration rehabilitation
JF  - Journal of Modern Optics
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2014.936110
SN  - 1362-3044
VL  - 61
IS  - 17
SP  - 1400
EP  - 1408
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pressler, Axel
A1  - Esefeld, Katrin
A1  - Scherr, Johannes
A1  - Ali, Mohammad
A1  - Hanssen, Henner
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Lanzl, Ines
A1  - Halle, Martin
A1  - Kaemmerer, Harald
A1  - Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno
A1  - Hager, Alfred
T1  - Structural alterations of retinal arterioles in adults late after repair of aortic isthmic coarctation
JF  - The American Journal of Cardiology
N2  - Patients after coarctation repair still have an increased risk of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events. This has been explained by the persisting hypertension and alterations in the peripheral vessels. However, involvement of the central vessels such as the retinal arteries is virtually unknown. A total of 34 patients after coarctation repair (22 men and 12 women; 23 to 58 years old, age range 0 to 32 years at surgical repair) and 34 nonhypertensive controls underwent structural and functional retinal vessel analysis. Using structural analysis, the vessel diameters were measured. Using functional analysis, the endothelium-dependent vessel dilation in response to flicker light stimulation was assessed. In the patients after coarctation repair, the retinal arteriolar diameter was significantly reduced compared to that of the controls (median 182 μm, first to third quartile 171 to 197; vs 197 μm, first to third quartile 193 to 206; p <0.001). These findings were independent of the peripheral blood pressure and age at intervention. No differences were found for venules. The functional analysis findings were not different between the patients and controls (maximum dilation 3.5%, first to third quartile 2.1% to 4.5% vs 3.6%, first to third quartile 2.2% to 4.3%; p = 0.81), indicating preserved autoregulative mechanisms. In conclusion, the retinal artery diameter is reduced in patients after coarctation repair, independent of their current blood pressure level and age at intervention. As a structural marker of chronic vessel damage associated with past, current, or future hypertension, retinal arteriolar narrowing has been linked to stroke incidence. These results indicate an involvement of cerebral microcirculation in aortic coarctation, despite timely repair, and might contribute to explain the increased rate of cerebrovascular events in such patients.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.10.070
SN  - 0002-9149
VL  - 105
IS  - 5
SP  - 740
EP  - 744
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seidova, Seid-Fatima
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Foerger, Frauke
A1  - Klopfer, Matthias
A1  - Lanzl, Ines
T1  - Functional retinal changes in Gaucher disease
JF  - Documenta Ophthalmologica
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 1573-2622
VL  - 118
IS  - 2
SP  - 151
EP  - 154
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  -