Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Biomarkers for Alport Syndrome.

The aim of this study was to evaluate microvascular abnormalities of patients with Alport syndrome (AS) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) quantitative biomarkers. This was cross sectional, prospective evaluation of consecutive patients with AS and healthy subjects. AS diagnosis was performed by the genetic test. All participants underwent a retinal vasculature evaluation by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and OCT-A of the macula. Quantitative analysis included whole vascular density, foveal avascular zone area, fractal dimension (FD), and lacunarity (LAC). Ninety-four eyes were included in this study, 45 eyes from patients with AS and 49 eyes from healthy subjects. The pathogenic mutation in the COL4A5 gene on the chromosome X was found in 14 patients; the pathogenic autosomal recessive mutations in the COL4A3 gene were found in 9 patients. Quantitative evaluation demonstrated a significant difference between AS and healthy subjects on LAC of the superficial capillary plexus and deep capillary plexus (DCP) (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively) and on FD in the DCP (p < 0.001). The DCP Alport patients have a higher vessel nonuniformity than DCP of healthy subjects. We hypothesize that endothelial cell lesion in the setting of low resistance at the DCP circuit could lead to long-term structural disorganization. © 2021 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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Ana Maria Cunha, Daniela Teixeira, Diogo Cabral, Sérgio Estrela-Silva, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Ângela Carneiro. Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Biomarkers for Alport Syndrome. Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde. 2022;245(1):41-48

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