Do angiographic data support a detailed classification of hypertensive fundus changes?

The eye is a target organ as well as an established prognostic indicator of arterial hypertension. Based on the ophthalmoscopically visible alterations, several classifications, the majority of them grading hypertensive fundus changes into four stages, have been suggested. Moreover, assessment of hypertensive alterations of the perivoveal microcirculation has become possible by means of fluorescein angiography.