Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers.
<h4>Purpose</h4>To explore the relationships between vessel density (VD) in the retinal vascular plexuses with the thickness and structural changes of their corresponding retinal layers in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR).<h4>Methods</h4>Retrospective analysis of 17 ey...
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| author | Carlo Lavia Aude Couturier Ali Erginay Bénédicte Dupas Ramin Tadayoni Alain Gaudric |
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| description | <h4>Purpose</h4>To explore the relationships between vessel density (VD) in the retinal vascular plexuses with the thickness and structural changes of their corresponding retinal layers in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR).<h4>Methods</h4>Retrospective analysis of 17 eyes of 17 Type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients with severe non-proliferative or proliferative DR and no current or past macular edema. Seventeen age- and sex-matched healthy subjects were included as controls. Using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT-angiography (OCTA), VD was measured in the superficial vascular plexus (SVP) and deep vascular complex (DVC) that includes the intermediate (ICP) and deep capillary plexuses (DCP), and compared to the retinal thickness (RT) of the inner (from the inner limiting membrane to the inner plexiform layer) and intermediate (inner nuclear and outer plexiform layer) retinal layers. The correlation between the inner and intermediate RT and the VD of the corresponding vascular networks (SVP and DVC, respectively) was assessed. All OCT and OCTA examinations were performed using the RTVue XR Avanti (Optovue, Fremont, CA).<h4>Results</h4>The inner RT and VD in all plexuses were significantly reduced in T1D patients compared to healthy subjects. The capillary drop-out patterns were polygonal and well-defined in the SVP while the ICP and DCP showed a more diffuse capillary rarefaction and a VD that varied in the same proportion. The inner RT significantly correlated with VD in the SVP (r = 0.71 in healthy subjects and r = 0.62 in T1D patients, p <0.01). The intermediate RT did not significantly correlate with VD in the DVC.<h4>Conclusions</h4>In T1D subjects, OCTA allowed observing different capillary drop-out patterns in the SVP and in the ICP-DCP, with different structural changes in the corresponding retinal layers, suggesting that they should be considered as distinct anatomical and functional entities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d430017de5874f2a9405e500b2c3ccb52022-12-21T21:31:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-01147e021916410.1371/journal.pone.0219164Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers.Carlo LaviaAude CouturierAli ErginayBénédicte DupasRamin TadayoniAlain Gaudric<h4>Purpose</h4>To explore the relationships between vessel density (VD) in the retinal vascular plexuses with the thickness and structural changes of their corresponding retinal layers in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR).<h4>Methods</h4>Retrospective analysis of 17 eyes of 17 Type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients with severe non-proliferative or proliferative DR and no current or past macular edema. Seventeen age- and sex-matched healthy subjects were included as controls. Using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT-angiography (OCTA), VD was measured in the superficial vascular plexus (SVP) and deep vascular complex (DVC) that includes the intermediate (ICP) and deep capillary plexuses (DCP), and compared to the retinal thickness (RT) of the inner (from the inner limiting membrane to the inner plexiform layer) and intermediate (inner nuclear and outer plexiform layer) retinal layers. The correlation between the inner and intermediate RT and the VD of the corresponding vascular networks (SVP and DVC, respectively) was assessed. All OCT and OCTA examinations were performed using the RTVue XR Avanti (Optovue, Fremont, CA).<h4>Results</h4>The inner RT and VD in all plexuses were significantly reduced in T1D patients compared to healthy subjects. The capillary drop-out patterns were polygonal and well-defined in the SVP while the ICP and DCP showed a more diffuse capillary rarefaction and a VD that varied in the same proportion. The inner RT significantly correlated with VD in the SVP (r = 0.71 in healthy subjects and r = 0.62 in T1D patients, p <0.01). The intermediate RT did not significantly correlate with VD in the DVC.<h4>Conclusions</h4>In T1D subjects, OCTA allowed observing different capillary drop-out patterns in the SVP and in the ICP-DCP, with different structural changes in the corresponding retinal layers, suggesting that they should be considered as distinct anatomical and functional entities.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219164 |
| spellingShingle | Carlo Lavia Aude Couturier Ali Erginay Bénédicte Dupas Ramin Tadayoni Alain Gaudric Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers. PLoS ONE |
| title | Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers. |
| title_full | Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers. |
| title_fullStr | Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers. |
| title_short | Reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers. |
| title_sort | reduced vessel density in the superficial and deep plexuses in diabetic retinopathy is associated with structural changes in corresponding retinal layers |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219164 |
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