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Observational studyScientific reports2021

Clinical features of pachyvessels associated with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.

Te-An Wang, Wei-Chun Chan, Shawn H Tsai, Lee-Jen Chen

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Observational study in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Choroidal arterial abnormality in central serous chorioretinopathy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Te-An WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Address: No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan.
Wei-Chun ChanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Address: No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan.
Shawn H TsaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Address: No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan.
Lee-Jen ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Address: No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City, 10449, Taiwan. chen.leejen@msa.hinet.net.
Mackay Memorial Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the association between clinical features of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) and subsequent development of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Characteristics and treatment response of PCV secondary to CSC were described. This retrospective observational study included 18 patients with chronic CSC (18 eyes) with subsequent PCV and 36 controls (36 eyes) with chronic CSC without PCV development during follow-up. Clinical features were compared between the two groups. A logistic regression model was used to evaluate the risk factor of PCV formation. Treatments for PCV included anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) monotherapy, photodynamic therapy (PDT), or PDT and anti-VEGF combination treatment. Subretinal fluid on optical coherence tomography images were assessed after treatments. Significant between-group differences were observed in best-corrected visual acuity after disease resolution and presence of pachyvessels (P = .001 and P = .003, respectively). The presence of pachyvessels in chronic CSC was associated with subsequent PCV (odds ratio = 6.00; 95% CI, 1.74-20.68; P = .005). CSC recurrence and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) were not significantly associated with subsequent PCV development (P = .393 and P = .911, respectively). The mean age of PCV diagnosis was 51 years, and the mean time from CSC diagnosis to PCV confirmation was 77.8 months. The mean (range) SFCT of PCV was 327.7 (134-599) μm. Nine patients received anti-VEGF monotherapy and 5 had disease remission. Four patients received PDT and anti-VEGF combination treatment and all of the 4 had disease remission. In chronic CSC, pachyvessel characteristics are associated with subsequent PCV development. This result will assist clinicians to evaluate CSC in clinical practice and provide insights into the pathogenesis of PCV.

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AdultCentral Serous ChorioretinopathyChoroidal NeovascularizationFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingMultivariate Analysis

Identifiers

PMID34230584
PMCPMC8260716
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