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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Correlation of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Characteristics with Visual Function to Define Vision-Threatening Diabetic Macular Ischemia.

Wei-Shan Tsai, Sridevi Thottarath, Sarega Gurudas, Piyali Sen, Elizabeth Pearce, Andrea Giani, Victor Chong, Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung, Sobha Sivaprasad

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Wei-Shan TsaiNIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5945-9316
Sridevi ThottarathNIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK.
Sarega GurudasInstitute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK.
Piyali SenInstitute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK.
Elizabeth PearceBoehringer Ingelheim, Binger Street 173, 55218 Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany.
Andrea GianiBoehringer Ingelheim, Binger Street 173, 55218 Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany.
Victor ChongInstitute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK.
Chui Ming Gemmy CheungSingapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168751, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3358-3516
Sobha SivaprasadNIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8952-0659
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity College London · GBBoehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DESingapore National Eye Center · SG

Funding

Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation SIVS1048Medical Research Council MR/P027881/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thresholds of macular microvasculature parameters associated with mild visual impairment in diabetic macular ischemia (DMI) patients are unclear. Therefore, this prospective observational study is aimed at demonstrating the optical coherence tomography angiography parameters that best correlate with mild visual impairment (<70 Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) letters, Snellen equivalent 20/40) in DMI. The study was completed at the Moorfields Eye Hospital from December 2019 to August 2021. A total of 123 eyes of 87 patients with stable-treated proliferative diabetic retinopathy following panretinal photocoagulation were recruited. DMI was defined as an irregular foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area ≥ 0.5 mm2 or a smaller FAZ area with parafoveal capillary dropout in at least one quadrant. The analysis showed that the whole image deep vascular complex vessel density (DVC VD) in the 3 × 3 mm area had the best discriminatory ability to identify participants with mild visual impairment at 41.9% (area under the curve = 0.77, sensitivity 94%, specificity 54%, likelihood ratio [LR] = 2.04), and the FAZ area had the greatest post-test LR = 4.21 at 0.64 mm2. The 3 × 3 mm whole image DVC VD and FAZ area cutoffs are useful for screening vision-threatening DMI, but DVC VD has low specificity.

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diabetic macular ischemialow-luminance visual acuityoptical coherence tomography angiographypanretinal photocoagulationproliferative diabetic retinopathyvisual acuity

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PMID35626206
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