Analysis of Short-Term Change in Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness in Eyes With Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To measure the subfoveal choroidal thickness in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) over 6 months. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective, observational study of patients with AMD followed up for 6 months at the New England Eye Center. Baseline and 6-month follow-up subfoveal choroidal thickness was measured using spectral-domain OCT and compared. RESULTS: For the entire cohort, there was statistically significant thinning of the subfoveal choroidal thickness at 6 months compared to baseline that was driven by the cohort of patients with neovascular AMD (181.2 ± 75 μm to 173.4 ± 63 μm; P = .049). CONCLUSION: There was a statistically significant decrease in subfoveal choroidal thickness observed in this cohort of patients with AMD over 6 months, but it was driven by the subgroup of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Advanced Imaging for Glaucoma, Novel Optical Diagnostics with Optical Coherence Tomography, G3849938908, Role of the kallikrein-kinin system in diabetic retinopathy, G4973986274, G5304285953, G5964954050, G6008348373, G6422044839, G7988572594, Novel Glaucoma Diagnostics for Structure and Function.
OpenAlex ID: W1970445900