Dynamic angiography in age related macular degeneration

• Published in: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología Vol. 77; no. 7; pp. 353 - 359
• Main Authors: Torrón Fernández-Blanco, C, Pérez Oliván, S, Melcon Sánchez-Friera, B, Ferrer Novella, E, Ruiz-Moreno, O, Honrubia López, F M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.07.2002
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Female; Fluorescein; Fluorescein Angiography - instrumentation; Fluorescein Angiography - methods; Fluorescent Dyes; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Indocyanine Green; Laser Coagulation; Macular Degeneration - diagnostic imaging; Macular Degeneration - pathology; Macular Degeneration - therapy; Male; Microscopy, Confocal; Photochemotherapy; Radiography; Retinal Neovascularization - diagnostic imaging; Retinal Neovascularization - pathology; Retinal Neovascularization - therapy; Retrospective Studies
• ISSN: 0365-6691

To evaluate the utility of dynamic angiography with fluorescein and indocyanine green with scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) in exudative age-related macular degeneration. We retrospectively studied 95 patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) between April 98 and April 01. We studied 102 eyes of 95 patients with ARMD. Mean age was 75.3 years with a mean follow-up time of 16.8 months. We found an occult or mixed angiographic membrane pattern with fluorescein angiography in 85 eyes (83.3%). Angiography with indocyanine green showed choroidal neovascular membranes in 94 of 102 eyes (92.1%). The most frequent location found was sub-foveal (53.2%). Laser photocoagulation was used in 55 eyes and photodynamic therapy in 5 eyes. In 17 eyes laser treatment failed to close the membrane. Dynamic angiography with fluorescein or indocyanine green allowed neovascular membrane identification in more than 90% of the cases of ARMD. Successful treatment was achieved in 42% of cases.