Fluorescein angiographic studies of the fundus oculi in the malignant arterial hypertension syndrome

Fluorescein-angiographic examination of fundus oculi in 33 patients with the syndrome of malignant hypertension made it possible to recognize for the first time changes in the choriocapillary layer, which in 29 patients were displayed by choroidal retention; ischemic zones were seen in 20 patients. It is suggested that the discovery of ischemic zones in the choriocapillary layer may be an early diagnostic criterion of malignant hypertension.