Deniz Goren Sahin, Betül N Bayraktutar, Ayşe Yıldız Taş, Olga Meltem Akay, Abdullah Ozkaya, Özlem Yalcin, Afsun Sahin
PURPOSE: To evaluate clotting dynamics by a new tool called rotational tromboelastometry (ROTEM) in retinal vein occlusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-six patients who were diagnosed with retinal vein occlusion and 43 age and sex matched healthy controls were included in this study. Diabetes and use of anticoagulant therapy were exclusion criterias. All study participants underwent detailed ophthalmologic and systemic medical examination, including blood pressure measurement, hemoglobin-hematocrit levels, platelet count, coagulation parameters including prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen levels, and D-dimer levels...
December 4, 2018: Current Eye Research