Originalbeiträge (Originals). Altered microvascular density in patients with anorexia nervosa an optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) pilot study.
Z Psychosom Med Psychother
; 70(1): 24-34, 2024 Feb.
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in De
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| ID: mdl-38598705
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate macular and peripapillary vascular density (VD) in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) compared to healthy controls.Methods:
Whole face scans of the superficial and deep macular layers and whole face and peripapillary scans of the radial peripapillary capillaries (RPC) were obtained using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA, AngioVueR, Optovue) in ten patients with AN and ten age-matched controls.The primary objective was to determine whether there was a difference between the vessel density (VD) in the above areas in AN and controls. P-values ≤ 0.0125 were considered statistically significant.Results:
VD in the superficialmacular en-face OCTA image was significantly lower in the study group compared to the control group. Neither the deepmacula nor the radial peripapillary capillary (RPC) in the whole-face image nor the RPC-peripapillary imaging appeared to be significantly different.Conclusion:
Patients with AN showed reduced VD in the superficialmacular layers compared to healthy controls, which can be discussed as a consequence of the malnutrition. OCTA could be a useful non- invasive tool to detect reduced peripheral blood supply to show vascular changes that occur before ocular symptoms.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Optic Disk
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Anorexia Nervosa
Limits:
Humans
Language:
De
Journal:
Z Psychosom Med Psychother
Journal subject:
PSICOFISIOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article