ArticlePhotodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy2022
Retinal findings of COVID-19 patients using ocular coherence tomography angiography two to three months after infection: Ocular appearance recovered COVID-19 patient.
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- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 on Optic Disc and Retinal Microvasculature Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Retinal Microvasculature Image Analysis Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.Journal of imaging · 2023Article
- Comprehensive Assessment of Eyes in Kidney Transplant Recipients after Recovering from COVID-19.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Tomographic Findings in the Retina of Unvaccinated Patients with COVID Pneumonia: Prospective Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Retinal tissue and microvasculature loss in COVID-19 infection.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Comment on Retinal findings of COVID-19 patients using ocular coherence tomography angiography two to three months after infection: Ocular appearance recovered COVID-19 patient.Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy · 2022Article
- Use of Imaging Technology to Assess the Effect of COVID-19 on Retinal Tissues: A Systematic Review.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2022Review
- The Effect of Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection on the Retinal Microvasculature.Journal of current ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the ocular disorders in COVID-19 patients, two to three months after infection.
methodsIn this cross-sectional, historically controlled study, fifty-one COVID-19 patients were compared with thirty-seven age, and gender-matched healthy individuals. After complete ophthalmological examination, all participants underwent peripapillary and macular optical coherence tomography, and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) measurements (OptoVue Inc, Freemont, CA, USA).
resultsThe time between the initial onset of symptoms, and ophthalmologic examination was 63.31±15.21 (40-95 days). Ophthalmic examination of all the recovered COVID-19 patients was within normal range. None of the peripapillary and macular OCTA parameters were significantly different between the two groups with pairwise comparisons, but after adjusting for age, gender, axial length, and signal strength index (SSI), recovered COVID-19 eyes showed a significant increase in peripapillary retinal nerve fiber (RNFL) thickness, superficial, and deep macular vessel densities in parafoveal and perifoveal regions compared with healthy control eyes (p<= 0.05). Inner retinal thickness overall is higher in recovered COVID-19 eyes compared to healthy eyes after adjustment.
conclusionPatients with moderate-intensity SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia had altered peripapillary and macular vessel density compared to healthy subjects. Further investigation is warranted to analyze the correlation of these changes with disease severity as well as evolution of these changes over time.
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