Unveiling potential retinal and choroidal markers with SS-OCTA in detecting cerebral small vessel disease
摘要
To investigate the potential retinal and choroidal markers in identifying cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) through Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (SS-OCTA). Participants were enrolled from the FRESH-CSVD study, and underwent multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and SS-OCTA. CSVD patients were identified on multimodal MRI based on STRIVE-2 criteria. SS-OCTA parameters were captured using the VG200I device. The association between SS-OCTA parameters and CSVD imaging features was analyzed based on a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO)-derived Logistic regression model. Subgroup analyses were conducted to explore the potentially applicable populations for identifying CSVD through SS-OCTA markers. 170 eyes (101 CSVD patients) were included. Periventricular white matter hyperintensities (PWMHs), enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS), lacunes and CSVD burden score were all associated with OCTA parameters (all P < 0.05). In the hypertension subgroup, OCTA markers still showed associations with CSVD imaging features (all P < 0.05). SS-OCTA revealed widespread alterations of fundus blood flow in CSVD patients, especially in deep microvasculature. Relationships between SS-OCTA markers and CSVD imaging features were consistent to be detected across hypertensive populations, suggesting the potential for early CSVD screening using SS-OCTA in this population.