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Quantitative evaluation of choriocapillaris using optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy after half-dose photodynamic therapy.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To quantify the structural and perfusion changes in choriocapillaris in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy after half-dose photodynamic therapy by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography. METHODS:This retrospective interventional case series examined the eyes of patients with central serous chorioretinopathy. Patients underwent full ophthalmic examinations, including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and angiography, prior to and 1, 3, and 6 months after the treatment. Clinical and tomographic features of the choriocapillaris and choroidal thickness and vascular changes were evaluated by assessing flow signal voids. RESULTS:All 56 eyes of 56 patients showed complete resolution of subretinal fluid at 3 months after photodynamic therapy. The best-corrected visual acuity significantly improved at 6 months (p<0.001). The central subfield thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, subfoveal choroidal large vessel layer thickness, and mean total area of flow signal voids decreased significantly at 6 months (all p values < 0.001), but the subfoveal choriocapillaris layer thickness did not change significantly at 6 months (p?0.16). Multivariate analysis revealed positive linear correlations of the central subfield thickness and subfoveal choroidal large vessel layer thickness with the mean total area of flow signal voids at 6 months (p<0.001). There was a negative linear correlation between the subfoveal choriocapillaris layer and the mean total area of flow signal voids at 6 months (p = 0.013). CONCLUSION:Half-dose photodynamic therapy improved the anatomic and functional outcomes of central serous chorioretinopathy, induced subfoveal choroidal thickness thinning, and increased choriocapillaris perfusion. In addition, the recovery of the subfoveal choriocapillaris layer thickness and improved choriocapillaris perfusion were closely associated.

SUBMITTER: Yang HS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957295 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantitative evaluation of choriocapillaris using optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy after half-dose photodynamic therapy.

Yang Hyun Seung HS Kang Tae Gu TG Park Hyun H Heo Ji Su JS Park Jonghoon J Lee Kyung Sub KS Choi Sangkyung S

PloS one 20200113 1

<h4>Purpose</h4>To quantify the structural and perfusion changes in choriocapillaris in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy after half-dose photodynamic therapy by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography.<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective interventional case series examined the eyes of patients with central serous chorioretinopathy. Patients underwent full ophthalmic examinations, including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundTo map and compare the three-dimensional choroidal vascularity index (3D-CVI) in eyes with unilateral central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), fellow eyes and control eyes using ultra-widefield swept source optical coherence tomography (UWF SS-OCTA).MethodsIn this prospective observational study, the 3D-CVIs were measured in 9 subfields or 1 × 1 mm grids by the UWF SS-OCTA with a viewing angle of horizontal 24 × vertical 20 mm. The proportions of vortex vein anastomoses and their corresponding CVI in the central regions were compared among the CSC, fellow and control eyes. Correlations of CVI and vascular density of the large choroidal vessel layer/choriocapillaris layer/choroidal thickness (CT) were also assessed.ResultsThirty-two eyes in 32 patients with unilateral CSC and 32 normal eyes were included in the study. The mean CVI in the eyes with CSC was significantly greater than that in the fellow eyes of CSC and control eyes (41.99 ± 3.56% vs. 40.38 ± 3.855%, P = 0.003; 41.99 ± 3.56% vs. 38.93 ± 4.067%, P = 0.004, respectively). The CVIs in superotemporal, inferotemporal and inferonasal regions were significantly higher in CSC eyes than control eyes (P = 0.03, P = 0.02, P = 0.008). In CSC eyes, there was a linear positive correlation between 3D-CVI and vascular density of the large choroidal vessel layer and CT in all subfields. The proportion of vortex vein anastomoses in CSC was 25/32 (78.1%), and significantly higher in fellow and control eyes (P < 0.001). The average central CVI was significantly higher in CSC eyes with anastomoses than in CSC eyes without anastomoses (42.8 ± 5.1% vs. 38.4 ± 2.7%, P = 0.039). CVIs in superior, central, inferior, superonasal, nasal and inferonasal regions were significantly correlated with vortex vein anastomoses (P < 0.05), regardless of CSC, fellow or healthy eyes. In addition, whether there were vortex vein anastomoses, CVI in superotemporal region was significantly higher in eyes with CSC (P = 0.002) and fellow eyes (P = 0.014), compared to control eyes. No significant correlation was found between hypertension and CVIs in the three groups.ConclusionRemodeling of choroidal drainage routes by venous anastomosis between superior and inferior vortex veins may be common in CSC. The 3D-CVI could be a comprehensive parameter to evaluate the choroid vasculature and help understand the pathogenesis of pachychoroid spectrum disease.

Project description:ObjectiveTo characterize en face features of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroid in eyes with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) using a high-speed, enhanced-depth swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) prototype.DesignConsecutive patients with chronic CSCR were prospectively examined with SS-OCT.ParticipantsFifteen eyes of 13 patients.MethodsThree-dimensional 6×6 mm macular cube raster scans were obtained with SS-OCT operating at 1050 nm wavelength and 100000 A-lines/sec with 6 μm axial resolution. Segmentation of the RPE generated a reference surface; en face SS-OCT images of the RPE and choroid were extracted at varying depths every 3.5 μm (1 pixel). Abnormal features were characterized by systematic analysis of multimodal fundus imaging, including color photographs, fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, and indocyanine-green angiography (ICGA).Main outcome measuresEn face SS-OCT morphology of the RPE and individual choroidal layers.ResultsEn face SS-OCT imaging at the RPE level revealed absence of signal corresponding to RPE detachment or RPE loss in 15 of 15 (100%) eyes. En face SS-OCT imaging at the choriocapillaris level showed focally enlarged vessels in 8 of 15 eyes (53%). At the level of Sattler's layer, en face SS-OCT documented focal choroidal dilation in 8 of 15 eyes (53%) and diffuse choroidal dilation in 7 of 15 eyes (47%). At the level of Haller's layer, these same features were observed in 3 of 15 eyes (20%) and 12 of 15 eyes (80%), respectively. In all affected eyes, these choroidal vascular abnormalities were seen just below areas of RPE abnormalities. In 2 eyes with secondary choroidal neovascularization (CNV), distinct en face SS-OCT features corresponded to the neovascular lesions.ConclusionsHigh-speed, enhanced-depth SS-OCT at 1050 nm wavelength enables the visualization of pathologic features of the RPE and choroid in eyes with chronic CSCR not usually appreciated with standard spectral domain (SD) OCT. En face SS-OCT imaging seems to be a useful tool in the identification of CNV without the use of angiography. This in vivo documentation of the RPE and choroidal vasculature at variable depths may help elucidate the pathophysiology of disease and can contribute to the diagnosis and management of chronic CSCR.

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Quantitative evaluation of choriocapillaris using optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy after half-dose photodynamic therapy.

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