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Hypertensive retinopathy consists of retinal vascular changes caused by elevated blood pressure. As hypertension persists, it disrupts the inner blood-retinal barrier, causing increased vascular permeability and retinal damage. Signs include arteriolar narrowing, cotton wool spots, hemorrhages, edema, hard exudates, and arteriolosclerosis. Arteriolosclerosis involves thickening of the vessel wall and is graded based on changes to arterioles and their crossings with veins. Choroidopathy can also occur from a

Author

Juan Camilo Landazuri

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