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Quantitative Analysis of Retinal and Choroidal Vascular Parameters in Patients with Low Tension Glaucoma.
Journal of Glaucoma 2019 March 19
PRéCIS:: By using OCT-A, we observed a reduction of the superficial macular, peripapillary, and optic nerve, as well as the choriocapillaris in eyes with low tension glaucoma, compared with normal controls.
PURPOSE: To investigate macular and optic disc vascular parameters in patients with low tension glaucoma (LTG) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).
METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, images were prospectively acquired from both eyes of 26 patients with clinically-diagnosed LTG and 22 age-matched volunteers with normal healthy eyes using the Zeiss swept-source (SS) OCTA (Plex Elite 9000, Carl Zeiss Meditec). Perfusion density (PD) and vessel length density (VLD) within a 5▒mm diameter circle centered over the macula and optic nerve head were analyzed.
RESULTS: The final analysis cohort included 49 eyes with LTG and 40 healthy control eyes. Mean age was 60±10 years in the LTG group and 60±17 years in the control group. The LTG group had a statistically significant reduction in PD of the choriocapillaris (CC) compared to normal controls (71.74±8.37% vs. 80.48±3.84%, P<0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in PD between the LTG and control groups for the superficial vascular plexus (SVP), deep capillary plexus (DCP) or the optic nerve head and peripapillary area (ONH + PP) (P>0.05). The LTG group did show statistically significant reductions in VLD compared to normal controls for the SVP (2083.64±153.76▒mm/mm vs. 2154.63±144.18▒mm/mm, P=0.03) and ONH + PP (1813.76±271.69▒mm/mm vs. 1950.23±169.33▒mm/mm, P=0.03), whereas the DCP VD was similar between the two groups (P>0.05).
CONCLUSION: Eyes with low tension glaucoma appear to show a lower CC perfusion density, as well as a lower SVP and ONH + PP vessel length density compared to normal eyes.
PURPOSE: To investigate macular and optic disc vascular parameters in patients with low tension glaucoma (LTG) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).
METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, images were prospectively acquired from both eyes of 26 patients with clinically-diagnosed LTG and 22 age-matched volunteers with normal healthy eyes using the Zeiss swept-source (SS) OCTA (Plex Elite 9000, Carl Zeiss Meditec). Perfusion density (PD) and vessel length density (VLD) within a 5▒mm diameter circle centered over the macula and optic nerve head were analyzed.
RESULTS: The final analysis cohort included 49 eyes with LTG and 40 healthy control eyes. Mean age was 60±10 years in the LTG group and 60±17 years in the control group. The LTG group had a statistically significant reduction in PD of the choriocapillaris (CC) compared to normal controls (71.74±8.37% vs. 80.48±3.84%, P<0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in PD between the LTG and control groups for the superficial vascular plexus (SVP), deep capillary plexus (DCP) or the optic nerve head and peripapillary area (ONH + PP) (P>0.05). The LTG group did show statistically significant reductions in VLD compared to normal controls for the SVP (2083.64±153.76▒mm/mm vs. 2154.63±144.18▒mm/mm, P=0.03) and ONH + PP (1813.76±271.69▒mm/mm vs. 1950.23±169.33▒mm/mm, P=0.03), whereas the DCP VD was similar between the two groups (P>0.05).
CONCLUSION: Eyes with low tension glaucoma appear to show a lower CC perfusion density, as well as a lower SVP and ONH + PP vessel length density compared to normal eyes.
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