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ArticleScientific reports2023

Quantitative assessment of choriocapillaris flow deficits and type 1 macular neovascularization growth in age-related macular degeneration.

Diogo Cabral, Ana C Fradinho, Yi Zhang, Hao Zhou, Prithvi Ramtohul, Meera S Ramakrishnan, Telmo Pereira, Ruikang K Wang, K Bailey Freund

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. 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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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

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Diogo Cabral *Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, 950 Third Ave, New York, NY, 10022, USA.
Ana C Fradinho *iNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School I Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Yi ZhangDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hao ZhouDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Prithvi RamtohulVitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, 950 Third Ave, New York, NY, 10022, USA.
Meera S RamakrishnanVitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, 950 Third Ave, New York, NY, 10022, USA.
Telmo PereiraiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School I Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ruikang K WangDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
K Bailey FreundVitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, 950 Third Ave, New York, NY, 10022, USA. kbfreund@gmail.com.
New York University · USUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversity of Washington · USVitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York · USSeattle University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the past 15 years, new treatment paradigms for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nvAMD) have evolved due to the advent of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy and rapid advances in retinal imaging. Recent publications describe eyes with type 1 macular neovascularization (MNV) as showing more resistance to macular atrophy than eyes with other lesion types. We sought to explore whether the perfusion status of the native choriocapillaris (CC) surrounding type 1 MNV influences its pattern of growth. To evaluate this effect, we analyzed a case series of 22 eyes from 19 nvAMD patients with type 1 MNV exhibiting growth on swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) over a minimum follow-up of 12 months. We observed an overall weak correlation between type 1 MNV growth and CC flow deficits (FDs) average size (τ = 0.17, 95% CI [- 0.20, 0.62]) and a moderate correlation with CC FD % (τ = 0.21, 95% CI [- 0.16, 0.68]). Type 1 MNV was located beneath the fovea in most of the eyes (86%) and median visual acuity was 20/35 Snellen equivalent. Our results support that type 1 MNV recapitulates areas of CC blood flow impairment while serving to preserve foveal function.

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Macular DegenerationRetinal NeovascularizationWet Macular DegenerationAngiogenesis InhibitorsChoroidFluorescein AngiographyHumansNeovascularization, PathologicRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceAngiogenesis Inhibitors

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PMID37236984
PMCPMC10220043
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