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ArticlePloS one2020

Flow signal change in polyps after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy.

Chia-Jui Chang, Yi-Ming Huang, Ming-Hung Hsieh, An-Fei Li, Shih-Jen Chen

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chia-Jui ChangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Ming HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ming-Hung HsiehHoping Branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
An-Fei LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Jen ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9798-1578
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaipei Veterans General Hospital · TWTaipei City Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a novel, non-invasive imaging tool used to detect vascular flow. The absence of a flow signal in OCTA in polyps revealed by indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) may indicate slow or compromised filling of blood flow from choroidal vessels. Naïve patients with PCV treated with intravitreal injections of aflibercept (IVI-A) were enrolled in this study to validate the hypothesis that baseline flow may affect the outcome of polyp regression in ICGA. The flow signal of polyps in OCTA was detected by manual segmentation in the corresponding location by ICGA. Polyps were defined as high-flow if both OCTA and ICGA showed positive findings, and low-flow if OCTA showed a negative flow signal in 3 consecutive horizontal scans at the polyp area shown in ICGA. A total of 24 polyps were identified in 13 PCV patients at baseline. Of these 24 polyps, 22 (91.7%) were high-flow and 2 (8.3%) were low-flow. After 3 monthly IVI-A, all low-flow polyps had complete regression in ICGA. Among 17 (77%) high-flow polyps at baseline that had regression after treatment, 10 (58.8%) became low-flow, while 5 (22.7%) persistent polyps remained high-flow. Flow signal of polyps as detected by OCTA could be a predictive factor for treatment response in patients with PCV. Monitoring changes in flow signal after treatment is clinically relevant.

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Regional Blood FlowSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedAgedAged, 80 and overChoroidal NeovascularizationFemaleFluorescein AngiographyHumansIndocyanine GreenIntravitreal InjectionsMaleMiddle AgedPolypsReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTomography, Optical CoherenceafliberceptIndocyanine GreenReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVascular Endothelial Growth Factors

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PMID33095843
PMCPMC7584188
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