Purpose: To compare differences in the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, measured in the Superficial Vascular Complex (SVC), Deep Vascular Complex (DVC), and a combined analysis of both (SDVC), using two Spectral Domain OCT angiography (OCT-A) protocols, High Speed (HS) and High Resolution (HR). Methods: A total of 26 eyes of diabetic patients, with and without macular oedema, were examined with two different f...
OCT-A is an exam that allows visualization of the retinal and choroidal vascularization as well as the three-dimensional visualization of the vascular plexuses at different depths, providing functional information about the blood flow in the vessels, and areas of non-perfusion or neovascularization. The foveal avascular zone corresponds to an area deprived of capillaries in the foveolar region that can be detec...
Purpose: DNA methylation is involved in Diabetic Retinopathy progression showing a metabolic memory mechanism. However, the association of DNA methyltransferase with diabetic macular edema is still unknown. We aimed to describe the differences in DNA methyltransferase gene expression in patients with different diabetic macular edema responses. Methods: A total of 27 diabetic patients, aged 59-90 years, were pro...
O OCT-A é um exame que permite a visualização da vascularização da retina e da coroide, assim como a visualização tridimensional dos plexos vasculares em diferentes profundidades, fornecendo informação funcional sobre o fluxo sanguíneo nos vasos, zonas de não perfusão ou neovascularização. A zona avascular da fóvea (FAZ) corresponde a uma zona desprovida de capilares na região foveolar e pode ser detetada e med...
Introdução - O OCT-A é um MCDT não invasivo, que permite a visualização da vascularização da retina e da coroide. Este exame permite a visualização tridimensional dos plexos vasculares em diferentes profundidades, fornecendo informação funcional sobre o fluxo sanguíneo nos vasos, zonas de não perfusão ou neovascularização. É possível ainda a avaliação de diversas patologias retinianas, entre elas aquelas que af...
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the causes of the pathological increase of the Foveal Avascular Zone (FAZ) area and is assessable by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Even using the same equipment, different acquisition protocols may lead to different results. Aim of the study: To evaluate the differences in manual FAZ area measurements comparing two different OCTA acquisition protocols, High Spee...
Background: a) Disease duration and metabolic control are insufficient to understand Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), the leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes; b) 30-40% of cases of DME do not respond optimally to AVEGF (loading phase); c) poor genetic association in DR development (<25% RD) and PDR progression (25-50%). Purpose: To study the role of DNA methyltransferase expression (DNMT1,DNMT3a, ...