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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

Investigating the macular choriocapillaris in early primary open-angle glaucoma using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography.

Katherine Lun, Yin Ci Sim, Rachel Chong, Damon Wong, Bingyao Tan, Rahat Husain, Tin Aung, Chelvin C A Sng, Leopold Schmetterer, Jacqueline Chua

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. 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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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Katherine LunDepartment of Ophthalmology, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Yin Ci SimSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Rachel ChongSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Damon WongSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Bingyao TanSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Rahat HusainSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Tin AungYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Chelvin C A SngYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Leopold SchmettererSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Jacqueline ChuaSingapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Singapore National Eye Center · SGDuke-NUS Medical School · SGNational University of Singapore · SGSingapore Eye Research Institute · SG

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Abstract

Introduction: There has been a growing interest in the role of vascular factors in glaucoma. Studies have looked at the characteristics of macular choriocapillaris in patients with glaucoma but with conflicting results. Our study aims to use swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) to evaluate macular choriocapillaris metrics in normal participants and compare them with patients with early primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) (mean deviation better than -6dB). Methods: In this prospective, observational, cross-sectional study, 104 normal controls (157 eyes) and 100 patients with POAG (144 eyes) underwent 3 mm × 3mm imaging of the macula using the Plex Elite 9000 (Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA, USA). Choriocapillaris OCTA images were extracted from the device's built-in review software and were subsequently evaluated for the density and size of choriocapillaris flow deficits. Results: After adjusting for confounding factors, the density of flow deficits was independently higher in those aged 53 years and above ( Conclusion: Our study found that macular choriocapillaris microvasculature on SS-OCTA is unaltered by subjects with POAG. This suggests that OCTA macular choriocapillaris may not be potentially helpful in differentiating early glaucoma from healthy eyes.

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