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Abstract #80684 Published in IGR 20-3

Choroidal vascular index in patients with open angle glaucoma and preperimetric glaucoma

Park Y; Cho KJ
PLoS ONE 2019; 14: e0213336


PURPOSE: To evaluate choroidal structural changes in glaucoma using choroidal vascularity index (CVI) compared to healthy subjects. METHODS: This retrospective study included 56 patients with open angle glaucoma (OAG), 50 patients with preperimetric glaucoma (PPG) and 50 age-matched healthy eyes. Choroidal images were binarized into luminal area (LA) and stromal area. CVI was defined as the ratio of LA to total circumscribed choroid area (TCA). Mean choroidal thickness (CT) and mean CVI between glaucoma patients and healthy subjects were compared. RESULTS: OAG and PPG eyes showed smaller LA (0.45 ± 0.13 ㎟ vs. 0.47 ± 0.11 ㎟, p = 0.04). In multivariate regression analysis, CVI of both OAG (64.34±0.19%, p = 0.001) and PPG (65.37±0.15%, p = 0.001) were significantly lower than healthy eyes (68.81±0.14%). CONCLUSION: Eyes with glaucoma demonstrated reduced CVI compared with healthy eyes. CVI may be a potential noninvasive tool for studying vascular dysfunction in glaucoma.

Department of Ophthalmology, Dankook University Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.

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6.9.2.2 Posterior (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis > 6.9.2 Optical coherence tomography)
2.12 Choroid, peripapillary choroid, peripapillary atrophy (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
6.11 Bloodflow measurements (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)



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