Comparison of retinal and choriocapillaris thicknesses following sitting to supine transition in healthy individuals and patients with age-related macular degeneration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The effects of position on retinal and choroidal structure are absent from the literature yet may provide insights into disease states such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Objective

To evaluate the effect of postural change on retinal and choroidal structures in healthy volunteers and patients with non-neovascular AMD.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective observational case series at an academic tertiary care retina service from September 2013 to April 2014 involving 4 unaffected volunteers (8 eyes) and 7 patients (8 eyes) with intermediate AMD. Healthy volunteers selected for the study had no evidence of ocular disease. Patients with AMD were required to have at least 10 intermediate-sized drusen.

Exposures

Spectral-domain optica

SUBMITTER: Almeida DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5777152 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature