Julia Aschauer 1 , Andreas Pollreisz 1 , Sonja Karst 1 , Martin Hülsmann 2 , Dorottya Hajdu 1 , Felix Datlinger 1 , Berit Egner 1 , Katharina Kriechbaum 1 , Eleonore Pablik 3 , Ursula Margarethe Schmidt-Erfurth 4 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
AIM: To prospectively monitor subclinical changes in capillary perfusion and retinal layer thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes and early diabetic retinal disease over 2 years. METHODS: In this longitudinal study we performed biannual retinal vascular imaging using optical coherence tomography angiography (RTVue) to analyse the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, perimeter, acircularity index (AI) and parafoveal superficial/deep vessel density (VD). Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Spectralis) was used to measure the thickness of nine macular layers and the peripapillary nerve fibre layer. RESULTS: Among 117 eyes (58 left) of 59 patients (21 female), 105 had no diabetic retinopathy (DR), 6 mild and 6 moderate non-proliferative DR at baseline. We found DR progression in 13 eyes at year 2. The FAZ area (+0.008±0.002 mm2/year, p<0.0001), perimeter (+0.036±0.010 mm/year, p=0.006) and AI (+0.005±0.002/year, p=0.0280) increased significantly. A pronounced decrease was found in the superficial (-1.425±0.290%/year, p<0.0001) but not the deep VD. Inner neuroretinal loss was confined to the ganglion cell (-0.539±0.150 µm/year, p=0.0004) and the inner plexiform layer (-0.361±0.127 µm/year, p=0.0045). In the outer retina, we observed a statistically significant decrease in thickness in the outer plexiform, photoreceptor layer and pigment epithelium of -0.921±0.161 µm/year, -0.325±0.139 µm/year and -0.385±0.084 µm/year, respectively. CONCLUSION: Subclinical signs of microangiopathy and neurodegeneration appear in parallel and are highly progressive even in the earliest stages of diabetic retinal disease. Trial registration number EudraCT20156000239634. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
AIM: To prospectively monitor subclinical changes in capillary perfusion and retinal layer thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes and early diabetic retinal disease over 2 years. METHODS: In this longitudinal study we performed biannual retinal vascular imaging using optical coherence tomography angiography (RTVue) to analyse the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, perimeter, acircularity index (AI) and parafoveal superficial/deep vessel density (VD). Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Spectralis) was used to measure the thickness of nine macular layers and the peripapillary nerve fibre layer. RESULTS: Among 117 eyes (58 left) of 59 patients (21 female), 105 had no diabetic retinopathy (DR), 6 mild and 6 moderate non-proliferative DR at baseline. We found DR progression in 13 eyes at year 2. The FAZ area (+0.008±0.002 mm2/year, p<0.0001), perimeter (+0.036±0.010 mm/year, p=0.006) and AI (+0.005±0.002/year, p=0.0280) increased significantly. A pronounced decrease was found in the superficial (-1.425±0.290%/year, p<0.0001) but not the deep VD. Inner neuroretinal loss was confined to the ganglion cell (-0.539±0.150 µm/year, p=0.0004) and the inner plexiform layer (-0.361±0.127 µm/year, p=0.0045). In the outer retina, we observed a statistically significant decrease in thickness in the outer plexiform, photoreceptor layer and pigment epithelium of -0.921±0.161 µm/year, -0.325±0.139 µm/year and -0.385±0.084 µm/year, respectively. CONCLUSION: Subclinical signs of microangiopathy and neurodegeneration appear in parallel and are highly progressive even in the earliest stages of diabetic retinal disease. Trial registration number EudraCT20156000239634. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
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retina
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Year: 2020
PMID： 33293271 DOI： 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317322
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Ophthalmol ISSN： 0007-1161 Impact factor: 4.638