Cilioretinal Arteries in Highly Myopic Eyes: A Photographic Classification System and Its Association With Myopic Macular Degeneration.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: To develop a photographic classification for cilioretinal arteries and to investigate its association with myopic macular degeneration (MMD). Methods: One thousand six hundred ninety-two highly myopic eyes of 1,692 patients were included. The presence of a cilioretinal artery was determined by fundus photographs, and a photographic classification was proposed. MMD was classified according to the International META-PM Classification. Associations of the cilioretinal artery and its classifications with MMD and visual acuity were analyzed. Results: Of the eyes tested, 245 (14.5%) had a cilioretinal artery. The cilioretinal arteries were classified into four categories (temporal "cake-fork," 35.92%; temporal "ribbon," 53.47%; "multiple," 6.53%; "nasal," 4.08%) and

SUBMITTER: Meng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738318 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature