Widefield, Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Metrics as Predictors of Anti-VEGF Treatment in Retinal Vein Occlusions

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to assess baseline widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF SSOCTA) microvascular metrics as predictors for the number of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections and visual acuity (VA) at 12-months follow-up in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a prospective study including 49 RVO eyes from 49 patients who had not received an anti-VEGF injection for at least 3 months prior to imaging. Microvascular metrics from 6×6-mm and 12×12-mm angiograms were assessed using linear regression models, adjusting for age.

RESULTS: Reductions in the vessel density (VD) and vessel skeletonized density (VSD) vascular metrics were associated both with a higher number of anti-VEGF injections at all follow-up time points and reduced VA 12 months after imaging in all RVO eyes.

CONCLUSIONS: WF SS-OCTA VD and VSD micro-vascular metrics at baseline can prognosticate VA and number of anti-VEGF injections required at 3, 6, and 12 months in RVO eyes. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2024;55:xx-xx.].

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina - (2024) vom: 01. März, Seite 1-9

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Englisch

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Finn, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]
Baldwin, Grace [VerfasserIn]
Lains, Ines [VerfasserIn]
Garg, Itika [VerfasserIn]
Wescott, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Vingopoulos, Filippos [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Hanna [VerfasserIn]
Tracy, Jack [VerfasserIn]
Razavi, Peyman [VerfasserIn]
Sayeh, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Nimesh A [VerfasserIn]
Wu, David M [VerfasserIn]
Vavvas, Demetrios G [VerfasserIn]
Miller, John B [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.3928/23258160-20240208-02

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NLM37020557X