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Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography

BACKGROUND: To evaluate choroidal vascular changes, including choriocapillaris (CC) and middle/large choroidal vessels, in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients using wide-angle optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to determine whether changes in the choroidal vascularity have a relation...

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Autores principales: Shen, Chang, Li, Yang, Wang, Qian, Chen, Yu-Ning, Li, Wei, Wei, Wen-Bin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7523071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32993583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-020-01640-5
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author Shen, Chang
Li, Yang
Wang, Qian
Chen, Yu-Ning
Li, Wei
Wei, Wen-Bin
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Li, Yang
Wang, Qian
Chen, Yu-Ning
Li, Wei
Wei, Wen-Bin
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description BACKGROUND: To evaluate choroidal vascular changes, including choriocapillaris (CC) and middle/large choroidal vessels, in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients using wide-angle optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to determine whether changes in the choroidal vascularity have a relationship with visual function and retinal structural changes. METHODS: 34 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of RP and 48 controls were recruited. All patients underwent detailed ophthalmologic and imaging examinations, including two types of OCTA (Optovue, 3 × 3 mm, 6 × 6 mm; VG-200, 12 × 12 mm). CC defects were defined according to the choroidal vascular structure in five degrees. To evaluate middle and large choroidal vascular changes, the choroidal vascularity index (CVI), which was the luminance volume to the total choroidal volume, was used. RESULTS: Defects of choroidal vascularity of RP eyes were detected in comparison to control eyes. The defects were observed in the CC layer with a concentric or lobular pattern at different degrees. CVI, which was used to reflect middle/large choroidal vascularity, decreased in the perifoveal, pararetinal and periretinal regions in the RP eyes. CC defects degree were correlated with the BCVA (p = 0.001, r = − 0.556), the Humphrey indexes (mean deviation, MD, p < 0.001, r = − 0.673; PVF, p = 0.003, r = − 0.639; 10° mean sensitivity, 10° MS, p = 0.002, r = − 0.651) and microperimetry index (mean sensitivity, MS, p < 0.001, r = − 0.807). The preserved CC area (mean value: 28.65 ± 12.50 mm(2)) was negatively correlated with MS measured by microperimetry (p = 0.005, r = − 0.449). Ordinary regression analysis revealed that the CC defect degree was associated with the CVI of perifovea (p = 0.002, 95% CI: − 102.14 to − 24.01), the EZ length (p = 0.006, 95% CI: − 0.006 to − 0.001) and the VAD (vascular area density) of the DCP (deep capillary plexus) in the fovea (p = 0.022, 95% CI: 0.038–0.478). No correlations were detected between BCVA and CVI in any retinal regions. No correlations were found between the CVI and the VAD in any retinal regions. CONCLUSION: The choroidal vascularity was widely defected in RP. Choriocapillaris and middle/large choroidal vascularity defects were correlated with each other. Visual function and retinal structural changes were found to be associated with choriocapillaris defects but not with middle/large choroidal vascular defects.
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spelling pubmed-75230712020-09-30 Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography Shen, Chang Li, Yang Wang, Qian Chen, Yu-Ning Li, Wei Wei, Wen-Bin BMC Ophthalmol Research Article BACKGROUND: To evaluate choroidal vascular changes, including choriocapillaris (CC) and middle/large choroidal vessels, in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients using wide-angle optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to determine whether changes in the choroidal vascularity have a relationship with visual function and retinal structural changes. METHODS: 34 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of RP and 48 controls were recruited. All patients underwent detailed ophthalmologic and imaging examinations, including two types of OCTA (Optovue, 3 × 3 mm, 6 × 6 mm; VG-200, 12 × 12 mm). CC defects were defined according to the choroidal vascular structure in five degrees. To evaluate middle and large choroidal vascular changes, the choroidal vascularity index (CVI), which was the luminance volume to the total choroidal volume, was used. RESULTS: Defects of choroidal vascularity of RP eyes were detected in comparison to control eyes. The defects were observed in the CC layer with a concentric or lobular pattern at different degrees. CVI, which was used to reflect middle/large choroidal vascularity, decreased in the perifoveal, pararetinal and periretinal regions in the RP eyes. CC defects degree were correlated with the BCVA (p = 0.001, r = − 0.556), the Humphrey indexes (mean deviation, MD, p < 0.001, r = − 0.673; PVF, p = 0.003, r = − 0.639; 10° mean sensitivity, 10° MS, p = 0.002, r = − 0.651) and microperimetry index (mean sensitivity, MS, p < 0.001, r = − 0.807). The preserved CC area (mean value: 28.65 ± 12.50 mm(2)) was negatively correlated with MS measured by microperimetry (p = 0.005, r = − 0.449). Ordinary regression analysis revealed that the CC defect degree was associated with the CVI of perifovea (p = 0.002, 95% CI: − 102.14 to − 24.01), the EZ length (p = 0.006, 95% CI: − 0.006 to − 0.001) and the VAD (vascular area density) of the DCP (deep capillary plexus) in the fovea (p = 0.022, 95% CI: 0.038–0.478). No correlations were detected between BCVA and CVI in any retinal regions. No correlations were found between the CVI and the VAD in any retinal regions. CONCLUSION: The choroidal vascularity was widely defected in RP. Choriocapillaris and middle/large choroidal vascularity defects were correlated with each other. Visual function and retinal structural changes were found to be associated with choriocapillaris defects but not with middle/large choroidal vascular defects. BioMed Central 2020-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7523071/ /pubmed/32993583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-020-01640-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Shen, Chang
Li, Yang
Wang, Qian
Chen, Yu-Ning
Li, Wei
Wei, Wen-Bin
Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography
title Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography
title_full Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography
title_fullStr Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography
title_full_unstemmed Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography
title_short Choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography
title_sort choroidal vascular changes in retinitis pigmentosa patients detected by optical coherence tomography angiography
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7523071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32993583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-020-01640-5
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