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Long-Term Incidence and Growth of Chorioretinal Atrophy in Patients with Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

Authors
 Eun Young Choi  ;  Sung Eun Park  ;  Sung Chul Lee  ;  Hyoung Jun Koh  ;  Sung Soo Kim  ;  Suk Ho Byeon  ;  Min Kim  ;  Christopher Seungkyu Lee 
Citation
 OPHTHALMOLOGICA, Vol.243(2) : 136-144, 2020 
Journal Title
OPHTHALMOLOGICA
ISSN
 0030-3755 
Issue Date
2020
Keywords
Anti-vascular endothelialgrowth factor ; Chorioretinalatrophy ; Geographic atrophy ; Photodynamic therapy ; Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy ; Retinal pigment epithelial atrophy
Abstract
PURPOSE:

To investigate the long-term incidence and growth rate of chorioretinal atrophy (CRA) in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and determine the associated risk factors.

METHODS:

The medical records of 88 patients with unilateral symptomatic PCV who received anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections with or without photodynamic therapy (PDT) were analyzed retrospectively. Near-infrared fundus imaging and spectral domain optical coherence tomography were used to measure the CRA area and growth rate. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed to estimate the CRA incidence. Logistic and linear regression analyses were used to investigate risk factors (e.g., age, frequency of abnormal OCT findings, PDT history, total injection number, and choroidal thickness) associated with the CRA incidence and growth rate, respectively.

RESULTS:

The overall CRA incidence was 40.8% at 5 years. The absence of subretinal fluid, the presence of intraretinal fluid, and a thin choroid were significant risk factors for CRA occurrence with a history of PDT. Overall 5-year CRA growth rate was 0.69 mm2/year. Faster CRA growth was significantly related to the presence of subretinal hyperreflective material and thin choroid. PDT history was not significantly related to CRA growth.

CONCLUSIONS:

Thin choroid may be a significant risk factor for long-term development and growth of CRA in eyes with PCV. Intraretinal fluid seems to promote the development of CRA, while subretinal fluid seems to be associated with CRA prevention. The history of PDT was significantly related to the occurrence of CRA, but not to the growth rate of CRA.
Full Text
https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/501724
DOI
10.1159/000501724
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Ophthalmology (안과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Koh, Hyoung Jun(고형준) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5932-8516
Kim, Min(김민) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1873-6959
Kim, Sung Soo(김성수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-7993
Park, Sung Eun(박성은)
Byeon, Suk Ho(변석호) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8101-0830
Lee, Sung Chul(이성철) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9438-2385
Lee, Christopher Seungkyu(이승규) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5054-9470
Choi, Eun Young(최은영) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1668-6452
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/175470
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