Multimodal Retinal Imaging of Cerebrovascular Stroke

Multimodal Retinal Imaging of Cerebrovascular Stroke

The hypothesis is that in patients with stroke, abnormalities of retinal microvascularization shown on color fundus photography and the depletion of retinal capillary density evaluated by OCT-A are markers of acute impairment of microcirculation of the central nervous system and are correlated with lesions on brain imaging.

Patients hospitalized for stroke MRI-confirmed, will be included. An ophthalmologic assessment including color fundus photography (CFP) and OCT-A will be carried out after stabilization and at 3 months follow-up. Outcomes assessor will be blinded.

Inclusion criteria:

• Acute ischemic stroke
• With cerebral microangiopathy (defined by a SVD score > 1)

Exclusion criteria:

• Acute hemorrhagic stroke
• Anophthalmia