Ocular Effects of Carotid Endarterectomy

Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Carotid Stenosis; Choroid; Carotid Endarterectomy

Treatments: Device: OCT swept source DRI-Atlantis, Topcon

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02448355

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Details and patient eligibility

About

All patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy in Shaare Zedek Medical Hospital, during about 1 year, will be offered to participate.

Retinal and choroidal structural changes will be assessed using swept-source OCT technology

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 120 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Carotid stenosis requiring surgical management

Exclusion criteria

• Ocular conditions: media opacities precluding fundus visualization, bilateral no-light perception
• Ocular surgery within 6 months prior to endarterectomy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Patient undergoing carotid endarterectomy

Experimental group

Description:

All patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy in Shaare Zedek Medical Center Visual acuity measurement (Snellen) SS-OCT (DRI-Atlantis, Topcon) 3-dimensional scanning protocol with 3 μm axial resolution and a speed of 100,000 A-scans per second. 256 B-scans to be taken on an area of 12 × 9 μm. * On pre-op visit (Monday) * Day 1 post-surgery * Discharge day * Week 1 post-surgery * Month 1 post-surgery

Treatment:

Device: OCT swept source DRI-Atlantis, Topcon