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Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review
The choroid provides the majority of blood flow to the ocular tissues and structures that facilitate the processes of retinal metabolism responsible for vision. Specifically, the choriocapillaris provides a structural network of small blood vessels that supplies the retinal ganglion cells and deep o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8911149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35268300 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051209 |
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author | Verticchio Vercellin, Alice Harris, Alon Stoner, Ari M. Oddone, Francesco Mendoza, Kristen Ann Siesky, Brent |
author_facet | Verticchio Vercellin, Alice Harris, Alon Stoner, Ari M. Oddone, Francesco Mendoza, Kristen Ann Siesky, Brent |
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description | The choroid provides the majority of blood flow to the ocular tissues and structures that facilitate the processes of retinal metabolism responsible for vision. Specifically, the choriocapillaris provides a structural network of small blood vessels that supplies the retinal ganglion cells and deep ocular tissues. Similar to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, choroidal thickness (CT) has been suggested to represent a quantifiable health biomarker for choroidal tissues. Glaucoma is a disease with vascular contributions in its onset and progression. Despite its importance in maintaining ocular structure and vascular functionality, clinical assessments of choroidal tissues have been historically challenged by the inaccessibility of CT biomarker targets. The development of optical coherence tomography angiography and enhanced depth imaging created a framework for assessing CT and investigating its relationship to glaucomatous optic neuropathy onset and progression. Pilot studies on CT in glaucoma are conflicting—with those both in support of, and against, its clinical utility. Complicating the data are highly customized analysis methods, small sample sizes, heterogeneous patient groups, and a lack of properly designed controlled studies with CT as a primary outcome. Herein, we review the available data on CT and critically discuss its potential relevance and limitations in glaucoma disease management. |
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spelling | pubmed-89111492022-03-11 Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review Verticchio Vercellin, Alice Harris, Alon Stoner, Ari M. Oddone, Francesco Mendoza, Kristen Ann Siesky, Brent J Clin Med Review The choroid provides the majority of blood flow to the ocular tissues and structures that facilitate the processes of retinal metabolism responsible for vision. Specifically, the choriocapillaris provides a structural network of small blood vessels that supplies the retinal ganglion cells and deep ocular tissues. Similar to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, choroidal thickness (CT) has been suggested to represent a quantifiable health biomarker for choroidal tissues. Glaucoma is a disease with vascular contributions in its onset and progression. Despite its importance in maintaining ocular structure and vascular functionality, clinical assessments of choroidal tissues have been historically challenged by the inaccessibility of CT biomarker targets. The development of optical coherence tomography angiography and enhanced depth imaging created a framework for assessing CT and investigating its relationship to glaucomatous optic neuropathy onset and progression. Pilot studies on CT in glaucoma are conflicting—with those both in support of, and against, its clinical utility. Complicating the data are highly customized analysis methods, small sample sizes, heterogeneous patient groups, and a lack of properly designed controlled studies with CT as a primary outcome. Herein, we review the available data on CT and critically discuss its potential relevance and limitations in glaucoma disease management. MDPI 2022-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8911149/ /pubmed/35268300 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051209 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Verticchio Vercellin, Alice Harris, Alon Stoner, Ari M. Oddone, Francesco Mendoza, Kristen Ann Siesky, Brent Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review |
title | Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review |
title_full | Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review |
title_fullStr | Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review |
title_short | Choroidal Thickness and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma—A Narrative Review |
title_sort | choroidal thickness and primary open-angle glaucoma—a narrative review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8911149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35268300 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11051209 |
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