Correlação entre a densidade capilar da retina peripapilar e macular medidas com a angiotomografia de coerência óptica e as medidas de espessura retiniana e campimetria visual em olhos com atrofia em banda do nervo óptico

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the circumpapillary and superficial macular vessel density (cpVD and mVDsup) of eyes with temporal visual field (VF) defect and band atrophy (BA) of the optic nerve and normal controls using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to verify the association of vessel density parameters with retinal neural loss assessed by conventional optical coherence tomography (OCT) and VF loss. Methods: Thirty-three eyes of 26 patients with BA and 42 eyes of 22 age-matched normal controls underwent OCT + OCTA scanning. cpVD and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL) thickness were expressed as average and sector measurements. mVDsup and macular ganglion cell complex (mGCC) thickness were calculated as averages and in quadrants and hemiretinas. VF loss was estimated using the 24-2 and the 10-2 protocols. Results: Compared with controls, BA eyes displayed smaller average cpVD and mVDsup values (p < 0.001 and AROC = 0.91 for both). Sectorial measurements were also reduced, especially the nasotemporal sector average cpVD (p < 0.001 and AROC = 0.96) and the nasal inferior retina mVDsup measurements (p < 0.001 and AROC = 0.93). cpVD and mVDsup correlated strongly (p<0,001) with corresponding cpRNFL and mGCC thickness measurements in affected regions (r range: 0.67-0.78 and 0.56-0.76, respectively). Similarly, cpVD and mVDsup parameters correlated significantly with corresponding VF loss (r range: 0.45-0.68). Conclusion: cpVD and mVDsup are significantly reduced in BA eyes compared with controls and are strongly correlated with retinal neural and VF loss. cpVD and mVDsup reduction on OCTA could serve as a surrogate for retinal neural loss in compressive optic neuropathy and might be useful in its management.