Singer Michael, Tan Colin S, Bell Darren, Sadda Srinivas R
*Medical Center Ophthalmology, San Antonio, Texas; †Department of Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; ‡Fundus Image Reading Center, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Singapore, Singapore; and §Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Retina. 2014 Sep;34(9):1736-42. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000000148.
To evaluate the extent of peripheral retinal nonperfusion in retinal vein occlusion and to determine its effect on the severity of macular edema and response to treatment.
This prospective clinic-based cohort study included 32 consecutive patients with retinal vein occlusion and refractory macular edema evaluated using spectral domain optical coherence tomography and wide-field fluorescein angiography. Areas of ischemia were calculated as a percentage of the total visible retina (ischemic index), which was evaluated when macular edema was present (foveal central subfield >300 μm) and when edema had resolved (foveal central subfield ≤ 300 μm). Ischemic index was the main outcome measure.
The mean ischemic index at study enrollment was 14.8% and was larger when macular edema was present compared with when edema had resolved (14.8 vs. 10.3%, P < 0.001). Compared with those with less nonperfusion, patients with ischemic index >10% had thicker mean foveal central subfield on optical coherence tomography (520.8 vs. 424.5 μm, P = 0.029) and worse visual acuity (56.3 vs. 59 letters) with the presence of macular edema and experienced greater decrease in optical coherence tomography (296.1 vs. 165.3 μm, P = 0.019) and gain in visual acuity (12.4 vs. 0.9 letters, P = 0.036) in response to treatment.
The area of peripheral retinal nonperfusion is variable in patients with retinal vein occlusion and affects its clinical course and response to treatment.
评估视网膜静脉阻塞时周边视网膜无灌注的程度,并确定其对黄斑水肿严重程度及治疗反应的影响。
这项基于临床的前瞻性队列研究纳入了32例连续的视网膜静脉阻塞和难治性黄斑水肿患者,使用频域光学相干断层扫描和广角荧光素血管造影进行评估。缺血区域计算为可见视网膜总面积的百分比(缺血指数),分别在存在黄斑水肿时(黄斑中心凹子区域>300μm)和水肿消退时(黄斑中心凹子区域≤300μm)进行评估。缺血指数是主要的观察指标。
研究入组时的平均缺血指数为14.8%,存在黄斑水肿时的缺血指数大于水肿消退时(14.8%对10.3%,P<0.001)。与无灌注较少的患者相比,缺血指数>10%的患者在光学相干断层扫描上黄斑中心凹子区域平均更厚(520.8对424.5μm,P=0.029),在存在黄斑水肿时视力更差(56.3对59个字母),并且在治疗后光学相干断层扫描上的下降幅度更大(296.1对165.3μm,P=0.019),视力提高幅度更大(12.4对0.9个字母,P=0.036)。
视网膜静脉阻塞患者周边视网膜无灌注的面积存在差异,并影响其临床病程及治疗反应。