NONPERFUSION AREA QUANTIFICATION IN BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION: A Widefield Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.
Retina
; 41(6): 1210-1218, 2021 Jun 01.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To precisely quantify retinal nonperfusion areas (NPAs) in branch retinal vein occlusion using widefield optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and examine their association with neovascular complications.METHODS:
We enrolled 26 patients with treatment-naïve branch retinal vein occlusion and prospectively examined them for 12 months. After 3 monthly ranibizumab injections to treat macular edema, each patient underwent ultra-widefield (UWF) fluorescein angiography (FA) and OCTA. Ultra-widefield FA was additionally performed at Month 12. For UWF FA, the retinal NPA was measured using the equipment's built-in software. For OCTA, we used panoramic image montaged from 5 single 12 × 12 mm2 images and quantified the retinal NPA using a Gullstrand eye with a grid scale at each patient. Measurements were expressed in terms of actual values and disc area units.RESULTS:
The retinal NPAs as measured using single OCTA and panoramic OCTA were significantly associated with that measured using UWF FA (P < 0.001 for both). Retinal neovascularization lesions were observed in 4 (15.4%) of 26 eyes. For patients with accompanying neovascularization, the retinal NPA measured using UWF FA, single OCTA, and panoramic OCTA were 187.9 ± 39.5 mm2 (109.9 ± 21.4 disc area), 34.3 ± 13.7 mm2 (19.9 ± 7.7 disc area), and 106.6 ± 24.5 mm2 (62.4 ± 13.6 disc area), respectively, which were larger than for those without neovascularization (P < 0.001, 0.014, and <0.001, respectively).CONCLUSION:
Using widefield OCTA, we could quantify the retinal NPA of eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion. These could serve as valid references to assess the risk of neovascular complications.
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Asunto principal:
Vena Retiniana
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Oclusión de la Vena Retiniana
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Angiografía con Fluoresceína
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Agudeza Visual
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Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Retina
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón