OCTA characteristics in non-arteritic central retinal artery occlusion and correlation with visual acuity
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Hong-Xia Gong. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tianjin Eye Hospital, No.4 Gansu Road, Heping District, Tianjin 300020, China. ghx13512908433@163.com

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Supported by Tianjin Key Medical Discipline (Specialty) Construction Project (No.TJYXZDXK-016A).

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    AIM: To observe the retinal and choroidal circulations in patients with non-arteritic permanent central retinal artery occlusion (NA-CRAO) via optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and analyze their correlation with visual acuity. METHODS: Sixty-two eyes with clinically confirmed acute NA-CRAO were included in the study and divided into: A type (mild n=29), B type (moderate n=27) and C type (severe n=6) based on the degree of visual loss, retinal edema, and arterial blood flow delay in fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA). Contralateral healthy eyes were used as the control group. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit lamp microscopy, indirect ophthalmoscopy, fundus color photography, OCTA, and FFA were performed. Spearman’s correlation analysis was used to determine the correlations between retinal and choroidal vessels and visual acuity. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences in age, gender, and intraocular pressure among the three types and the control group (P>0.05). Vessel density in deep capillary plexus (VD-DCP) significantly decreased (P<0.05) in all three types of NA-CRAO patients compared to the control group. Vessel density in superficial vascular plexus (VD-SVP) significantly decreased (P<0.05) in type A patients and choriocapillaris flow area significantly decreased (P<0.05) in type B and type C patients compared to the control group; while outer retinal flow areas significantly increased in the type A (P<0.05) and decreased in type C patients (P<0.05). The retinal thickness significantly increased in type C group (P<0.05). The VD-SVP at fovea in the type A was significantly lower than both of type B and C. The VD-SVP at nasal parafovea in type A and B was significantly lower than type C (P<0.05). The logMAR BCVA of type A was significantly better than that of type B and C groups (P<0.05). Spearman’s correlation analysis showed that the logMAR BCVA was positively correlated with VD-SVP at fovea (r=0.679, P=0.031) and nasal parafovea (r=0.826, P=0.013). CONCLUSION: OCTA is valuable for assessing retinal ischemia, and evaluating visual impairment. Deep retinal vasculature is commonly affected in all NA-CRAO types. VD-SVPs at fovea and nasal parafovea can serve as reliable markers of visual impairment in NA-CRAO.

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Hong-Xia Gong, Bin Wu, Shi-Yong Xie, et al. OCTA characteristics in non-arteritic central retinal artery occlusion and correlation with visual acuity. Int J Ophthalmol, 2024,17(2):289-296

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  • Received:April 28,2023
  • Revised:October 30,2023
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  • Online: January 22,2024
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