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ReviewEye (London, England)2024

The role of the retinal vasculature in age-related macular degeneration: a spotlight on OCTA.

Thomas R P Taylor, Martin J Menten, Daniel Rueckert, Sobha Sivaprasad, Andrew J Lotery

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Review in Eye (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Correlation of drusen burden and vascular integrity in age-related macular degeneration using three-dimensional choroidal vascular model.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  12. Refractive Index-Corrected Light-Sheet Microscopy for Macro-View Cardiovascular Imaging.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. Current Topics in OCT Applications in Vitreoretinal Surgery.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas R P TaylorClinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7906-790X
Martin J MentenBioMedIA, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Daniel RueckertBioMedIA, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sobha SivaprasadNIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Andrew J LoteryClinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. A.J.Lotery@soton.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5541-4305

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains a disease with high morbidity and an incompletely understood pathophysiological mechanism. The ocular blood supply has been implicated in the development of the disease process, of which most research has focused on the role of the choroid and choriocapillaris. Recently, interest has developed into the role of the retinal vasculature in AMD, particularly with the advent of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), which enables non-invasive imaging of the eye's blood vessels. This review summarises the up-to-date body of work in this field including the proposed links between observed changes in the retinal vessels and the development of AMD and potential future directions for research in this area. The review highlights that the strongest evidence supports the observation that patients with early to intermediate AMD have reduced vessel density in the superficial vascular complex of the retina, but also emphasises the need for caution when interpreting such studies due to their variable methodologies and nomenclature.

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Macular DegenerationTomography, Optical CoherenceChoroidFluorescein AngiographyHumansRetinaRetinal Vessels

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PMID37673970
PMCPMC10858204

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