Blood flow pattern in eye before development of type 3 macular neovascularization

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 3; p. e0283202
• Main Authors: Yamaguchi, Saya, Maruko, Ichiro, Maruko, Ruka, Hasegawa, Taiji, Iida, Tomohiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.03.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aged, 80 and over; Angiogenesis; Angiography; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood; Blood flow; Blood vessels; Choroidal Neovascularization - diagnosis; Development and progression; Edema; Exudation; Eye; Female; Flow distribution; Flow pattern; Fluorescein Angiography - methods; Fovea; Fovea Centralis; Health aspects; Humans; Macular degeneration; Male; Medical imaging; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Medicine, Experimental; Neovascularization; Pharmaceutical industry; Research and Analysis Methods; Retina; Retrospective Studies; Tomography; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Vascularization; Japan; Switzerland; Germany

To determine the blood flow pattern of eyes before the development of type 3 macular neovascularization (MNV) by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Retrospective study. Ten eyes of 10 patients (4 men and 6 women, mean age 80.4 years) diagnosed with unilateral Type 3 MNV who developed t...