Huemer, J;
Khalid, H;
Wagner, SK;
Nicholson, L;
Fu, DJ;
Sim, DA;
Patel, PJ;
... Keane, PA; + view all
(2020)
Phenotyping of retinal neovascularization in ischemic retinal vein occlusion using wide field OCT angiography.
Eye
10.1038/s41433-020-01317-9.
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Abnormal retinal neovascularization caused by ischemic retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is a frequent cause of visually significant vitreous hemorrhage. The early detection of new vessels may be challenging and often requires the use of invasive tests such as fundus fluorescein angiography (FA). We demonstrate the use of wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography (WF-OCTA) in the detection and characterization of neovascularization secondary to ischemic RVO. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We conducted a retrospective observational case series of patients diagnosed with ischemic RVO between August 2018 and March 2019, who underwent WF-SS-OCTA imaging (PLEX Elite 9000, Carl Zeiss Meditec). We performed real-life montage imaging, covering the involved area and compared the findings of WF-SS-OCTA to standard clinical examination and when available, ultrawide-field fluorescein angiography (UWF-FA, Optos 200TX). RESULTS: In the included 39 eyes with ischemic RVO, neovascularization elsewhere (NVE) was encountered in 16 of 39 eyes (41%) on WF-OCTA and were characterized as sea-fan type vessels and nodular type vessels, based on their appearance and localization. NVE was identified in 4/39 eyes on standard clinical examination, equating to a detection rate of 10.3%. All were of a sea-fan morphology. In one case, NVE found on WF-OCTA was not observed on UWF-FA, which was a nodular type. Neovascularization of the disc (NVD) was detected in one eye. CONCLUSIONS: WF-OCTA may become a useful noninvasive tool in the detection of neovascularization in patients with ischemic RVO. Furthermore, the characterization of different morphologies of neovascularization detected by WF-OCTA could be of clinical relevance.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Phenotyping of retinal neovascularization in ischemic retinal vein occlusion using wide field OCT angiography |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41433-020-01317-9 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-01317-9 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10117248 |
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