Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Features in Post-COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study investigated changes in retinal vessel density in macular and papillary regions in post-SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia patients by means of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Design

Prospective, observational, cohort study.

Methods

Forty eyes of 40 patients (mean age: 49.7 ± 12.6 years old) post-SARS-CoV-2 infection and 40 healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. COVID-19 patients had to be fully recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia and were evaluated 6 months after COVID-19 infection. The primary outcome resulted from OCTA studies of the following vascular structures: vessel density (VD) in the retinal superficial capillary plexus (SCP), deep capillary plexus (DCP), and radial peripapillary capillaries (RPC) compared to those of controls. Str

SUBMITTER: Cennamo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7997850 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature