Fluorescein angiography. Part 2: Clinical applications.
Fluorescein angiography is used to identify the areas of leakage and retinal thickening so that specific laser treatment can be directed to these areas. In proliferative diabetic eye disease, the patient needs urgent scatter panretinal laser photocoagulation to help shrink the new blood vessels. Fluorescein angiography reveals a blockage of the retinal flow into the eye with marked increase in the arm-to-retina circulation time.
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