Hernan A Rios, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Oscar Otero-Marquez, Luis Duran Muncharaz, Kana Minamide, Jordan Bellis, Elizabeth Stidham, Toco Y P Chui, Masahiro Akiba, Jeffrey A Glassberg, Richard B Rosen
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Abstract
Background and objective: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a vascular disease that may affect the retina. This study aimed to evaluate differences in average velocity (AV, mm/s), blood flow (BF, μL/min) and vessel diameter (VD, μm) from the temporal retinal arcades in SCD compared to healthy eyes using Doppler optical coherence tomography (DOCT).
Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between 2021 and 2023. The DOCT scan was located at the superior and inferior temporal vessel arcades of all subjects. Differences between the two groups were assessed.
Results: Thirty-nine healthy eyes and 36 SCD eyes were imaged. The median of AV, BF, and VD were 1.4, 2.5, and 1.3 times higher in SCD eyes compared to healthy eyes in the superotemporal arteries (P = 0.002, P = 5.0 × 10-3, P = 4.0 × 10-6, respectively). Similar findings were observed for superotemporal veins and inferotemporal veins.
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OSLI Retina focuses exclusively on retinal diseases, surgery and pharmacotherapy. OSLI Retina will offer an expedited submission to publication effort of peer-reviewed clinical science and case report articles. The front of the journal offers practical clinical and practice management features and columns specific to retina specialists. In sum, readers will find important peer-reviewed retina articles and the latest findings in techniques and science, as well as informative business and practice management features in one journal.