Clinical characteristics of open-angle glaucoma progression with peripapillary microvasculature dropout in different locations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study attempted to identify clinical characteristics associated with structural progression in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in the presence of MvD in different locations.

Methods

A total of 181 consecutive OAG eyes (follow-up 7.3 ± 4.0 years), which demonstrated peripapillary choroidal MvD (defined as a focal capillary loss with no visible microvascular network in choroidal layer) on optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography (OCTA), were divided based on the location of MvD. Structural progression was determined using trend-based analysis of the Guided Progression Analysis software of Cirrus OCT.

Results

MvD was identified in the temporal quadrant in 110 eyes (temporal MvD; 60.5 ± 12.6 years), and in the inferior quadrant in 71 eyes (inferior MvD; 60.3

SUBMITTER: Lee JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10810892 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature