Syunsuke Araki
   Department   Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare  ,
   Position   Instructor
Article types 原著
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Foveal avascular zone and macular vessel density after correction for magnification error in unilateral amblyopia using optical coherence tomography angiography.
Journal Formal name：BMC ophthalmology
Abbreviation：BMC Ophthalmol
ISSN code：14712415/14712415
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 19(1),pp.171
Author and coauthor Syunsuke Araki, Atsushi Miki, Katsutoshi Goto, Tsutomu Yamashita, Tsuyoshi Yoneda, Kazuko Haruishi, Yoshiaki Ieki, Junichi Kiryu, Goro Maehara, Kiyoshi Yaoeda
Authorship Lead author
Publication date 2019/08
Summary BACKGROUND:To investigate the area of foveal avascular zone (FAZ) and macular vessel density (VD) after correction for magnification error in unilateral amblyopia using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).METHODS:Participants comprised 15 patients with unilateral amblyopia due to anisometropia with or without strabismus (mean age, 9.8 ± 3.4 years; range, 6-17 years). OCTA images were obtained by using spectral-domain OCT with angiography software. The OCTA scanning protocol used was 3 × 3-mm volume scan centered on the fovea. OCTA images were corrected for magnification errors using individual axial length (AL), and an adjusted 2.3 × 2.3-mm square was derived as a region of interest. The FAZ area and VD in both superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP) layers, foveal minimum thickness (FMT) were assessed using built-in OCTA software and ImageJ software (NIH, Bethesda, MD).RESULTS:LogMAR in the amblyopic eyes was significantly poorer than that of the fellow eye (p < 0.001). AL was significantly shorter in the amblyopic eye than in the fellow eye (p < 0.001). FAZ area of SCP in amblyopic eyes was significantly smaller than that of fellow eyes (p < 0.001). No significant differences were seen in FAZ area of DCP, VD of SCP, VD of DCP, and FMT between amblyopic and fellow eyes (p = 0.07, 0.43, 0.55, and 0.25, respectively).CONCLUSIONS:Our present study after magnification error correction found smaller FAZ area of SCP in the amblyopic eye compared with the fellow eyes, but there was no significant difference in the macular VD between the amblyopic and fellow eyes.
DOI 10.1186/s12886-019-1177-z.
PMID 31382925