title: Choroidal filling in age-related macular degeneration: indocyanine green angiographic findings.
abstract: We studied the choroidal filling patterns in 145 patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), looking for a correlation with choroidal neovascularization (CNV). We found a correspondence in 71% of cases between the site of the CNV and watershed areas and in 59% of cases between the CNV and areas of 'delayed choroidal filling'. These data support the hypothesis of a relationship between areas of presumed choroidal ischemia and evolution of AMD complicated with CNV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mariotti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ripa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scassellati Sforzolini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tittarelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014741:Video Recording
chemical_list: D007208:Indocyanine Green