FP19

Role of OCT Angiography in early detection and severity assessment of Glaucoma

Purpose
To evaluate how OCTA functions for detecting glaucoma in its early stages while using microvascular changes at the optic nerve head and peripapillary area to determine disease progress
Methods
A cross-sectional observational study was conducted which included POAG patients and glaucoma suspects who shared similar age characteristics. The study required all participants to complete SAP and take part in full ophthalmic evaluations and SD OCT and OCTA imaging 
Results
The study found that glaucomatous eyes displayed decreased vessel density in both peripapillary and macular regions when compared to healthy control participants
Conclusion:
OCTA serves as a non-invasive method which enables scientists to observe and measure microvascular alterations that occur in glaucoma patients. The method provides early disease detection which leads to precise determination of illness status while serving as a clinical tool that complements existing structural and functional evaluation methods