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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2020

Diagnostic performance of OCT and OCTA in less than 60-year-old patients with early POAG: a cross-sectional study.

Yan-Jie Li, Wei-Shai Liu, Zi-Chao Bai, Rong-Xia Cao, Hai-Hua Ren

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Yan-Jie LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
Wei-Shai LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
Zi-Chao BaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
Rong-Xia CaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
Hai-Hua RenShanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China.

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aimTo observe and characterize imaging features of macular and optic disc areas in less than 60-year-old patients with early primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), and to evaluate the diagnostic value of OCT and OCTA.

methodsTotally 15 patients (23 eyes) with early POAG as observation group and 30 health people (30 eyes) as normal control group were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. OCTA-based superficial macula vessel density, superficial macula perfusion density, superficial optic disc vessel density, superficial optic disc perfusion density and spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT)-based macular area thickness, ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness were measured in the two groups. Independent

resultsAmong all the parameters, the optimal diagnostic utility parameter was the superficial vessel density in the macular area (except the center of the macula), and the AUROC reached 0.98. The diagnostic utility of macular area perfusion density (except the center of the macula) was similar to that of superficial vessel density in the macular area, and the AUROC was above 0.97. Followed by the diagnostic utility of vessel density in the optic disc area, the best parameter was the inner ring of the vessel density, and its AUROC reached 0.97. The diagnostic utility of perfusion density in the optic disc area was slightly lower than that of vessel density in the optic disc area. The best parameter was the central optic disc perfusion density, and its AUROC was 0.95. The SD-OCT-based diagnostic utility parameters were generally lower than that mentioned above, the top three parameters were the inferior RNFL thickness (AUROC=0.919), the superior (AUROC=0.919) and the inferior GCC thickness (AUROC=0.9077).

conclusionThe OCT-based diagnostic utility parameters are generally lower than the OCTA-based diagnostic utility parameters. OCTA has an important clinical application value in diagnosis and evaluation for less than 60-year-old patients with early POAG.

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diagnostic utilityoptical coherence tomographyoptical coherence tomography angiographyprimary open angle glaucoma

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PMID33344190
PMCPMC7708355

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