ArticleEye (London, England)2021
Optical coherence tomography angiography in children with spontaneously regressed retinopathy of prematurity.
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- PREVALENCE AND DEGREE OF RETINAL VASCULATURE ALTERATIONS IN ADULTS BORN PRETERM WITH VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT: A Birth Cohort Study.Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- The ocular shape and retinal structure in children with a history of treated retinopathy of prematurity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Retinal blood flow association with age and weight in infants at risk for retinopathy of prematurity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Vascular imaging findings in retinopathy of prematurity.Acta ophthalmologica · 2024Review
- Evaluation of macular microvascular structure with optical coherence tomography angiography in children with history of treatment for retinopathy of prematurity.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Article
- Retinal and peripapillary vascular deformations in prematurely born children aged 4-12 years with a history of retinopathy of prematurity.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- All retinas are not created equal: Fovea-to-macula thickness ratio and foveal microvasculature in healthy young children.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2022Observational
- Microvascular and Morphologic Changes of the Macula over Lifetime.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo assess optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) parameters in children born preterm who developed spontaneously regressed retinopathy of prematurity (sr-ROP, group 1), or had no ROP (PreT, group 2), compared with term-born age-matched controls (group 3).
methodsCross-sectional comparative case series. Children aged 6-8 years had a complete ocular examination and OCT and OCTA imaging (Optovue RTVue AVANTI instrument). Foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, FAZ perimetry, and vascular density in three slabs were measured automatically, and foveal depth was measured manually by two graders.
resultsGroups 1, 2, and 3 (26, 32, and 34 eyes respectively) did not differ in age or gender, but differed in gestational age and birth weight. Both inner retinal thickness and foveal depth differed significantly between group 1 and 2, as did vascular density in the superficial and deep vascular plexus. VA, FAZ area, and perimetry were distinct in all three groups. VA correlated positively with FAZ area and foveal depth, negatively with vascular density.
conclusionOCTA parameters reveal microvascular changes that distinguish eyes with sr-ROP from premature eyes without ROP, as does visual acuity. It is not possible to infer if the cause is the presence of retinopathy or the different severity of retinal immaturity.
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