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Abstract #91833 Published in IGR 21-4

Short-Term Effects of Different Types of Anti-Glaucoma Eyedrop on the Sclero-Conjunctival Vasculature Assessed Using Anterior Segment OCTA in Normal Human Eyes: A Pilot Study

Akagi T; Okamoto Y; Kameda T; Suda K; Nakanishi H; Miyake M; Ikeda HO; Yamada T; Kadomoto S; Uji A; Tsujikawa A
Journal of clinical medicine 2020; 9:


BACKGROUND: To investigate the short-term effects of different types of anti-glaucoma eyedrop on sclero-conjunctival vasculatures and their associations with intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction. METHODS: This was a prospective study including 20 healthy subjects. A single instillation of ripasudil or bimatoprost was introduced into the right eyes of the participants. The superficial (conjunctival) and deep (intrascleral) vasculatures of the corneal limbus using anterior-segment optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and IOP were examined in both eyes at baseline and 15 min and 2 h after instillation. RESULTS: In the ripasudil group, the vessel density (VD) (median) at baseline (deep, 13.1%; superficial, 28.5%) significantly increased in both layers at 15 min (deep, 19.9%; superficial, 37.3%) and the deep layer at 2 h (deep, 14.8%; superficial, 31.6%). In the bimatoprost group, the superficial VD significantly changed over time, but the deep VD did not. The greater effect of ripasudil on IOP reduction was significantly associated with a lower baseline VD in the deep layer (at 15 min, = 0.004; at 2 h, = 0.018). CONCLUSIONS: Differences in the timing, depth, and extent of the effects on vasculature after instillations, could be detected using OCTA. The IOP-lowering effects of ripasudil might be associated with the deep vasculature.

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 6068507, Japan.

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Classification:

6.9.2.1 Anterior (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis > 6.9.2 Optical coherence tomography)
6.11 Bloodflow measurements (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)
2.1 Conjunctiva (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
2.3 Sclera (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)



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