Quantitative OCT angiography of the retinal microvasculature and choriocapillaris in highly myopic eyes with myopic macular degeneration

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PURPOSE: To quantify retinal and choriocapillaris (CC) microvasculature in highly myopic (HM) eyes with myopic macular degeneration (MMD) using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA).

METHODS: 162 HM eyes (spherical equivalent ≤ -6.0 dioptres or axial length (AL) ≥26.5 mm) from 98 participants were enrolled, including 60 eyes (37.0%) with tessellated fundus, 54 eyes (33.3%) with peripapillary diffuse chorioretinal atrophy (PDCA), 27 eyes (16.7%) with macular diffuse chorioretinal atrophy (MDCA) and 21 eyes (13.0%) with patchy or macular atrophy. PLEX Elite 9000 SS-OCTA was performed to obtain perfusion densities (PD) of the superficial and deep retinal capillary plexus, and CC signal voids (number, area and density).

RESULTS: Retinal PD decreased with increasing severity of MMD. Multivariable analysis showed that after adjustment of age and other factors, retinal PD decreased significantly in eyes with longer AL (β≤-0.51, p<0.001) and with an MMD severity of MDCA or worse (β≤-1.63, p<0.001). Reduced retinal PD were significantly associated with worse vision (β≤-0.01, p≤0.04). In terms of CC signal voids, multivariable analysis showed that longer AL (p<0.001), but not MMD severity (p≥0.12) was significantly associated with CC signal void changes in the earliest stage of MMD.

CONCLUSION: We demonstrate significant OCTA alterations in the retina and CC in HM eyes with varying severities of MMD. In eyes with early-stage PDCA, lower retinal PD and more extensive CC signal voids are predominantly associated with increasing AL. In contrast, in eyes with MDCA or worse, MMD itself was associated with sparser retinal and CC circulation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

Enthalten in:

The British journal of ophthalmology - 106(2022), 5 vom: 04. Mai, Seite 681-688

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Feihui [VerfasserIn]
Chua, Jacqueline [VerfasserIn]
Ke, Mengyuan [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Bingyao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Qinglan [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Chui Ming Gemmy [VerfasserIn]
Ang, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Shu Yen [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Tien Yin [VerfasserIn]
SNEC Retina Group [VerfasserIn]
Schmetterer, Leopold [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Chee Wai [VerfasserIn]
Hoang, Quan V [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Edmund Yick Mun [Sonstige Person]
Wong, Doric Wen Kuan [Sonstige Person]
Ang, Chong Lye [Sonstige Person]
Yeo, Ian Yew San [Sonstige Person]
Tan, Gavin Siew Wei [Sonstige Person]
Lim, Laurence Shen [Sonstige Person]
Cheung, Ning [Sonstige Person]
Ting, Daniel Shu Wei [Sonstige Person]
Tsai, Andrew Shih Hsiang [Sonstige Person]
Mathur, Ranjana [Sonstige Person]
Chan, Choi Mun [Sonstige Person]
Tan, Anna Cheng Sim [Sonstige Person]
Teo, Kelvin Yi Chong [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Choroid
Degeneration
Imaging
Journal Article
Macula
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retina

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Date Completed 25.04.2022

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317632

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31961591X