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Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings Risk Factors for 1° HTN (ex. 1` Age, FHx, Ethnicity, Diet, Smoking, 1` Alcohol use, Stress, 1` Salt intake, 1` BMI, 1, Exercise) • 1° HTN Retinal Detachment Vitreous Hemorrhage Central/Branch Retinal Artery/Vein Occlusions Risk Factors for 2° HTN (ex. Hyperaldosterone, Cushing's, Acromegaly, Chronic Kidney Disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypo/Hyper-thyroid, Adrenal Hyperplasia, Renal Artery Stenosis) 2° HTN Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension ,17 Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive Stage 2: Moderate/sclerotic Stage 3: Severe/exudative Stage 4: Malignant Abbreviations: • HTN — Hypertension • BRB — Blood-retinal barrier • RPE — Retinal pigment epithelium Legend: Pathophysiology Mechanism Acute and chronic vasospasm Authors: Graeme Prosperi-Porta Reviewers: Stephanie Cote Usama Malik Johnathan Wong* * MD at time of publication Diffuse and focal arterial narrowing and vascular tortuosity Atherosclerosis and hyalinization causes arteriolar wall thickening resulting in a diffuse light reflex appearing red-brown coloured Thickening of the arteriolar wall and/or sclerotic thickening at the arteriole/venule crossing compresses the underlying venule BRB breakdown causes dot/blot hemorrhages in the inner retina and flame hemorrhages in the nerve fiber layer Serum proteins and lipids leakage from damaged BRB appears as white or yellow areas with sharp margins Occlusion of the terminal retinal arterioles causes fluffy white ischemic lesions in the inner retinal nerve fiber layer Hyper-pigmented patches surrounded by a hypo-pigmented ring due to RPE clumping around atrophic areas in the choroid Sign/Symptom/Lab Finding lschemia of optic disc arterioles causes optic nerve swelling and blurred disc margins. Leakage of optic disc arterioles causes hemorrhage and disc edema. Complications Copper Wiring AV nicking Retinal Hemorrhages Yellow Hard Exudates Cotton-wool Spots Elschnig's Spots Papilledema