VIDEO COLOR OCT ANGIOGRAPHY FOR MYOPIC CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION

Purpose: To investigate the myopic macular neovascularization (mMNV) features on dynamic video-color optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography (OCTA) and the diagnostic rate versus the static, four-segmentations visualization mode.

Design: Retrospective cohort study PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-four patients with mMNV METHODS: Sixty-two eyes with high myopia complicated by mMNV were included. Clinical charts, fluorescein angiography and structural OCT were used as standard reference to assess lesion activity. Static and video-color OCTA were then analysed and compared by two independent reviewers.

Main outcome measures: Morphology description of mMNV on video-color OCTA and differences in the proportion of diagnosis between video-colour and static OCTA.

Results: 62 eyes from 54 patients (mean age 63,22 years) were enrolled. Thirty-four (55%) mMNV were active and 28 (45%) inactive. Twenty-two (65%) active mMNV presented on video-color OCTA as an interlacing vascular network in the outer retina and the choriocapillaris. A tapered form was the prevalent size (72,7%). In 3 eyes (9%) an abnormal and irregular vascular network (AVN) was disclosed and in 5 (15%) only some blood flow alteration. All the lesions extended both in the outer retinal and the choriocapillaris. Eleven (39%) inactive mMNV presented on video-color OCTA as an interlacing vascular network too, in the outer retina and the choriocapillaris. Eight (29%) had some AVN and 6 (21%) only some blood flow alteration. The diagnostic rate of video-color vs static OCTA was 95% (IC 95% 86% to 99%) vs 77% (IC 95% 86% to 99%, p= 0.0009), and shows an advantage in favour of video-colour OCTA of 15% (CI 95%, 3%-27%) and 22% (CI 95%, 7%-38%) in active and inactive lesions, respectively (p<0.026). Lesion extension within both the outer retina and the choriocapillaris was present in 90% and 69% of cases on dynamic OCTA and static OCTA, respectively, with a proportion difference of 20% (CI 95%, 10%-31%, p= 0.0005). Concordance between the two examiners was high: 0.95 (95%, CI 0.88 to 1.00) and 0.96 (0.91 to 1.00) for active and inactive lesions, respectively.

Conclusions: Video color-enhanced OCTA may help in diagnosing mMNV and should be considered by clinicians in addition to structural OCT and static OCTA.

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