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Defining the structure-function relationship of specific lesions in early and advanced age-related macular degeneration.
Tan, Ting Fang; Yap, Chun Lin; Peterson, Claire L; Wong, Damon; Wong, Tien Yin; Cheung, Chui Ming Gemmy; Schmetterer, Leopold; Tan, Anna Cheng Sim.
Afiliación
  • Tan TF; Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore General Hospital, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.
  • Yap CL; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Peterson CL; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Wong D; Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore General Hospital, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.
  • Wong TY; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Cheung CMG; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Schmetterer L; Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore General Hospital, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.
  • Tan ACS; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
Sci Rep ; 14(1): 8724, 2024 04 16.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38622152
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to define structure-function relationships of pathological lesions related to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using microperimetry and multimodal retinal imaging. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 87 patients with AMD (30 eyes with early and intermediate AMD and 110 eyes with advanced AMD), compared to 33 normal controls (66 eyes) recruited from a single tertiary center. All participants had enface and cross-sectional optical coherence tomography (Heidelberg HRA-2), OCT angiography, color and infra-red (IR) fundus and microperimetry (MP) (Nidek MP-3) performed. Multimodal images were graded for specific AMD pathological lesions. A custom marking tool was used to demarcate lesion boundaries on corresponding enface IR images, and subsequently superimposed onto MP color fundus photographs with retinal sensitivity points (RSP). The resulting overlay was used to correlate pathological structural changes to zonal functional changes. Mean age of patients with early/intermediate AMD, advanced AMD and controls were 73(SD = 8.2), 70.8(SD = 8), and 65.4(SD = 7.7) years respectively. Mean retinal sensitivity (MRS) of both early/intermediate (23.1 dB; SD = 5.5) and advanced AMD (18.1 dB; SD = 7.8) eyes were significantly worse than controls (27.8 dB, SD = 4.3) (p < 0.01). Advanced AMD eyes had significantly more unstable fixation (70%; SD = 63.6), larger mean fixation area (3.9 mm2; SD = 3.0), and focal fixation point further away from the fovea (0.7 mm; SD = 0.8), than controls (29%; SD = 43.9; 2.6 mm2; SD = 1.9; 0.4 mm; SD = 0.3) (p ≤ 0.01). Notably, 22 fellow eyes of AMD eyes (25.7 dB; SD = 3.0), with no AMD lesions, still had lower MRS than controls (p = 0.04). For specific AMD-related lesions, end-stage changes such as fibrosis (5.5 dB, SD = 5.4 dB) and atrophy (6.2 dB, SD = 7.0 dB) had the lowest MRS; while drusen and pigment epithelial detachment (17.7 dB, SD = 8.0 dB) had the highest MRS. Peri-lesional areas (20.2 dB, SD = 7.6 dB) and surrounding structurally normal areas (22.2 dB, SD = 6.9 dB) of the retina with no AMD lesions still had lower MRS compared to controls (27.8 dB, SD = 4.3 dB) (p < 0.01). Our detailed topographic structure-function correlation identified specific AMD pathological changes associated with a poorer visual function. This can provide an added value to the assessment of visual function to optimize treatment outcomes to existing and potentially future novel therapies.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Degeneración Macular Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Singapur Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Degeneración Macular Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Singapur Pais de publicación: Reino Unido