Ocular manifestations of pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PH), if left untreated, may result in increasing cardiac back pressures and lead to right heart failure and death. An increase in venous pressure in pulmonary hypertension influences other organs. The ocular complications occur as a result of elevated venous pressure in the superior vena cava and in the ophthalmic veins that cause dilation of the ocular veins, resulting in congestion of the choroid and leading to complications such as ciliary detachment,1 central retinal vein occlusion, acute serous retinal detachment, macular edema, retinal neovascularization, choroidal effusions, chemosis, angle-closure glaucoma, transient myopia, and proptosis.
Source: Survey of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Review in medicine Source Type: research