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    Choroidal vascularity index as an activity criterion and a treatment response measure in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy
    (2023-01-01) ŞAHİN, ÖZLEM; SEVİK, MEHMET ORKUN; ÇAM, FURKAN; DERİCİOĞLU, VOLKAN; SEVİK M. O., Aykut A., ÇAM F., DERİCİOĞLU V., ŞAHİN Ö.
    Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) as an activity criterion in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) and as a measure of treatment response after full-dose-full-fluence photodynamic therapy (fd-ff-PDT). Methods: This fellow-eye-controlled, retrospective cohort study included 23 patients with unilateral chronic CSC treated with fd-ff-PDT (6 mg/m2; 50 μcm2; 83 s). Subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT, μm) and CVI (%) of the affected and fellow eyes at baseline as well as at 1, 3 and 6 months after fd-ff-PDT were compared. Results: The patients\" mean age was 43.4 ± 7.3 years, and 18 (78.3%) were male. CVI was comparable between the affected and fellow eyes at baseline (66.09 ± 1.56 vs. 65.84 ± 1.57, p = 0.59). However, it became significantly lower in the affected eyes 1 (64.45 ± 1.68 vs. 65.87 ± 1.19, p = 0.002), 3 (64.21 ± 2.08 vs. 65.71 ± 1.59, p = 0.009) and 6 (64.47 ± 2.19 vs. 65.62 ± 1.52, p = 0.045) months after fd-ff-PDT. The mean SFCT and the mean CVI were significantly decreased in the affected eyes at all follow-up visits compared with baseline after fd-ff-PDT (p < 0.001). Conclusion: At baseline, CVI was comparable between affected and fellow eyes. Therefore, its use as an activity criterion in chronic CSC patients is questionable. However, it was significantly decreased in fd-ff-PDT-treated eyes, supporting its role as a measure of treatment response in chronic CSC.
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    (2022-07-01) SEVİK, MEHMET ORKUN; ÇAM, FURKAN; ŞAHİN, ÖZLEM; DERİCİOĞLU, VOLKAN; SEVİK M. O., ÇAM F., Aykut A., DERİCİOĞLU V., ŞAHİN Ö.
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    Choroidal vascularity index changes during the Valsalva manoeuvre in healthy volunteers
    (2021) ÇAM, FURKAN; Sevik, Mehmet Orkun; Çam, Furkan; Aykut, Aslan; Dericioğlu, Volkan; Şahin, Özlem
    PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of the Valsalva manoeuvre (VM) on the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in healthy volunteers. METHODS: This prospective, cross-sectional study included 60 eyes of 30 healthy volunteers. Enhanced depth imaging-optical coherence tomography scans of both eyes involving the fovea were taken, and a 1500 μm subfoveal choroidal area was selected for image binarization with open-access Fiji software. The binarized image was segmented into the stromal area (SA) and luminal area (LA), and CVI was calculated as the ratio (%) of LA to the total choroidal area (TCA). CVI, subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), IOP, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were evaluated at rest and during the VM. RESULTS: During the VM, a mean ± standard deviation increase in LA (0.02 ± 0.05 mm2 , p < 0.001) and CVI (1.72 ± 2.83%, p < 0.001) was observed, whereas SA (-0.02 ± 0.05 mm2 , p < 0.001) decreased. There was no significant change in TCA (0.00 ± 0.03 mm2 , p = 0.55) or SFCT (1.05 ± 10.92 μm, p = 0.46). There was a moderate positive correlation between the spherical equivalent refractive error (SE) and SFCT both at rest and during VM (r58  = 0.49, p < 0.0005 and r58  = 0.49, p < 0.0005, respectively). However, there was no significant correlation between SE and CVI either at rest or during VM (p = 0.11 and 0.06, respectively). In a multiple linear regression analysis, CVI was only associated with SFCT; however, SFCT was also associated with SE, both at rest and during VM (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Valsalva manoeuvre increases CVI by choroidal vascular dilation as demonstrated by an increase in LA and a decrease in SA. Researchers should be careful about unintentional VM during examinations.