Matthew J Finn, Grace Baldwin, Ines Lains, Itika Garg, Hannah Wescott, Filippos Vingopoulos, Rebecca Zeng, Hanna Choi, Jack Tracy, Peyman Razavi, Diane Sayeh, Nimesh A Patel, David M Wu, Demetrios G Vavvas, John B Miller
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Abstract
Background and objective: Our objective was to assess baseline widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF SSOCTA) microvascular metrics as predictors for the number of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections and visual acuity (VA) at 12-months follow-up in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO).
Patients and methods: This was a prospective study including 49 RVO eyes from 49 patients who had not received an anti-VEGF injection for at least 3 months prior to imaging. Microvascular metrics from 6×6-mm and 12×12-mm angiograms were assessed using linear regression models, adjusting for age.
Results: Reductions in the vessel density (VD) and vessel skeletonized density (VSD) vascular metrics were associated both with a higher number of anti-VEGF injections at all follow-up time points and reduced VA 12 months after imaging in all RVO eyes.
Conclusions: WF SS-OCTA VD and VSD micro-vascular metrics at baseline can prognosticate VA and number of anti-VEGF injections required at 3, 6, and 12 months in RVO eyes. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2024;55:374-382.].
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