Optical coherence tomography angiography discerns preclinical diabetic retinopathy in eyes of patients with type 2 diabetes without clinical diabetic retinopathy

• Published in: Acta diabetologica Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 469 - 477
• Main Authors: Cao, Dan, Yang, Dawei, Huang, Zhongning, Zeng, Yunkao, Wang, Jun, Hu, Yunyan, Zhang, Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 01.05.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Angiography; Angiography - methods; Asymptomatic Diseases; Case-Control Studies; Creatinine; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis; Diabetic retinopathy; Diabetic Retinopathy - diagnosis; Early Diagnosis; Eye; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Fundus Oculi; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Microaneurysm - diagnosis; Microaneurysm - etiology; Middle Aged; Original Article; Retina; Retina - diagnostic imaging; Retinal Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Retinopathy; Tomography; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Type 2 diabetes; Diabetic retinopathy; Optical coherence tomography angiography; Microaneurysm

Aims To investigate changes in retinal vascular plexuses and choriocapillaris in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) without diabetic retinopathy (DR) and healthy controls using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Methods A total of 71 DM2 and 67 healthy control subjects were i...