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Vascular maturity of type 1 and type 2 choroidal neovascularization evaluated by optical coherence tomography angiography.

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Purpose

Vessel maturation is considered to proceed by pruning branches resulting in less branching vessels. This study investigated the vessel junction densities of type 1 and type 2 choroidal neovascularizations (CNVs) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Methods

We collected consecutive data from treatment-naïve eyes diagnosed with typical age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The OCTA images with CNV were analyzed to calculate vessel areas, vessel lengths, and vessel junction densities.

Results

Of 60 eyes in 60 patients, type 1 CNV diagnoses had been made in 40 eyes, and type 2 CNV in 20 eyes. We found no significant difference in vessel areas between type 1 CNV and type 2 CNV (type 1 CNV, 0.44 ± 0.37 mm2; type 2 CNV, 0.37 ± 0.48 mm2), and no significant difference in vessel lengths (type 1 CNV, 18.24 ± 15.96 mm; type 2 CNV, 16.13 ± 21.45 mm). However, the vessel junction density of type 1 CNV was significantly lower than that of type 2 CNV by 16.0% (P = 0.008).

Conclusion

OCTA revealed that the vessel junction densities of type 1 CNVs were lower than those of type 2 CNVs, suggesting type 1 CNV vessels are more mature than type 2 CNV vessels.

SUBMITTER: Nakano Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488195 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Vascular maturity of type 1 and type 2 choroidal neovascularization evaluated by optical coherence tomography angiography.

Nakano Yuyako Y Kataoka Keiko K Takeuchi Jun J Fujita Ai A Kaneko Hiroki H Shimizu Hideyuki H Ito Yasuki Y Terasaki Hiroko H

PloS one 20190429 4

<h4>Purpose</h4>Vessel maturation is considered to proceed by pruning branches resulting in less branching vessels. This study investigated the vessel junction densities of type 1 and type 2 choroidal neovascularizations (CNVs) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).<h4>Methods</h4>We collected consecutive data from treatment-naïve eyes diagnosed with typical age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The OCTA images with CNV were analyzed to calculate vessel areas, vessel lengths, a ...[more]

PMID: 31034505

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