Does OCT Angiography of Macula Play a Role in Glaucoma Diagnostics?
To assess vascularity of the macular area in patients with glaucoma using optical
coherence tomography angiography and evaluate the role of its examination in early
glaucoma diagnosis.
Reduced retinal hemoperfusion in glaucoma has been
repeatedly mentioned in the literature.
The authors found reduced ONH blood vessel density that was
associated with structural and functional glaucomatous damage.
The purpose of the present study was to assess vascularity of the macular
area in patients with glaucoma by means of OCT-A.
In recent years increasing attention has been paid to the macular
area in glaucoma diagnostics.
Although macula is less than 2% of the retina, it contains 30% of retinal ganglion cells
It has long been recognized that early glaucomatous damage can affect the macula.
They also had a Glaucoma Hemifield Test within 97% limits,
a central corneal thickness ≥500 μm, a normal-appearing ONH,
a normal RNFL, an open anterior chamber angle as observed
by gonioscopy, and no history of chronic ocular or systemic
corticosteroid use.
The age and race distribution of the controls
matched that of the glaucoma patients.
Measurement of CH allows for the calculation of IPOs, which appears to
be less affected by properties of the cornea than conventional
application goniometry.
Ophthalmol Open J. 2016; 2(1): 1-11. doi: 10.17140/OOJ-2-107
