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Background  Central vision loss in diabetic retinopathy is commonly related to diabetic macular edema (DME). The objective of this study was to describe changes between consecutive visits on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in eyes with DME.    Methods  20 eyes from 14 patients with DME were imaged on 2 successive clinic visits separated by at least 1 month. The mean interval between visits was 3.2 months. The only intervention used was intravitreal anti-VEGF in 11 eyes; the others were observed over time without treatment. Two different readers measured FAZ area using a pseudo-automated tool in comparison to a manual tracing tool. Qualitative changes in the appearance of the vasculature surrounding the FAZ were also recorded. The retinal capillary plexus was segmented into deep and superficial plexuses, and FAZ measurements were done on the superficial, deep, and summated plexuses.    Results  Pseudo-automated and manual measurements of FAZ area decreased significantly ( p  < 0.05) between visits in the deep, superficial, and summated plexuses. Qualitative analysis of vasculature surrounding the FAZ showed that most of the vascular changes (65%) over time were visible in the deep plexus, compared to 30 and 20% in the superficial and summated plexuses, respectively.    Conclusions  The most significant differences in FAZ size over time were in the summated plexus ( p  < 0.001), while changes in FAZ appearance were most prominent in the deep plexus. Absolute decrease in FAZ size over visits was largest in the deep plexus. Our results demonstrate that OCTA can effectively be used to measure FAZ area in patients with DME, visualize qualitative changes in retinal vasculature, and visualize the segmentation levels at which these changes can be best appreciated. However, larger studies are needed to evaluate the reproducibility of manual and pseudo-automated measuring techniques.

international journal of retina and vitreous

Visualization of changes in the foveal avascular zone in both observed and treated diabetic macular edema using optical coherence tomography angiography