1. Quantifying choriocapillaris hypoperfusion in patients with choroidal neovascularization using swept-source OCT angiography
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Keiner, Cathrine M, Zhou, Hao, Zhang, Qinqin, Wang, Ruikang K, Rinella, Nicholas T, Oldenburg, Catherine E, Duncan, Jacque L, and Schwartz, Daniel M
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Ophthalmology and Optometry ,Neurosciences ,Clinical Research ,Neurodegenerative ,Biomedical Imaging ,Macular Degeneration ,Aging ,Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Eye ,flow void ,AMD ,OCT angiography ,OCTA ,Opthalmology and Optometry ,Ophthalmology and optometry - Abstract
PurposeTo compare choriocapillaris flow voids (FV) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with age-matched normal controls using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA).Patients and methodsEleven eyes of 11 subjects with neovascular AMD and 11 eyes of 11 age-similar normal subjects were imaged using SS-OCTA with a 6x6mm scanning pattern. Choriocapillaris FV, defined as a percentage of regions determined to have flow deficits divided by the total scanned region, was measured using a one standard deviation thresholding algorithm developed from a database of age-similar normal subjects.ResultsChoriocapillaris FV was more extensive in patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) compared to age-similar normal subjects (FV: 20.56±4.95, 95% CI: 17.64-23.49 vs FV: 10.95±2.08, 95% CI: 9.73-12.18, respectively; P=0.0001). FV within a two-degree margin surrounding CNV in wet AMD subjects (FV: 35.04±9.34; 95% CI: 29.52-40.56) was increased compared to normal subjects (P
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- 2019