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  • Title: Projection-Resolved Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Parameters to Determine Severity in Diabetic Retinopathy.
    Author: Binotti WW, Romano AC.
    Journal: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci; 2019 Apr 01; 60(5):1321-1327. PubMed ID: 30933259.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess projection-resolved optical coherence tomography angiography (PR-OCTA) vessel density (VD) and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in determining severity within diabetic retinopathy (DR) and their accuracy in identifying high-risk DR patients. METHODS: This was a retrospective study with 72 eyes of 52 DR patients, assessing the VD and FAZ area of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep vascular plexus (DVP), for both 3 × 3-mm and 6 × 6-mm scans between the DR groups (mild to moderate, severe and proliferative DR [PDR]). For accuracy, the severe and PDR groups were merged, representing the high-risk DR group for receiver operator characteristic analysis. VD of OCTA images with and without PR were compared. RESULTS: In mild to moderate, severe, and PDR groups, there were 31, 21, and 20 eyes, respectively. PR-OCTA improved VD analysis only in the DVP and particularly in advanced DR stages (P = 0.042). In the 3 × 3-mm PR scans, all superficial and deep parameters were significantly different between severe and PDR groups (P ≤ 0.020), but only the mean VD of SCP and DVP was also significant between the mild to moderate and severe groups (P ≤ 0.007). In the 6 × 6-mm scans, the superficial VD, deep VD, and superficial FAZ were significantly different between the severe and PDR groups (P ≤ 0.029). The superficial VD and deep VD of the 3 × 3-mm scans were good parameters for detecting high-risk patients (area under the curve = 0.829 and 0.895, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: PR-OCTA improved VD analysis of DVP. The 3 × 3-mm SCP and DVP VD were the most accurate in detecting high-risk DR.
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