title: Retinal function and morphology in central retinal vein occlusion with macular edema.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relations among best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), macular sensitivity, macular thickness, and macular volume in patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and macular edema.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 16 consecutive patients with CRVO (mean age: 71.9 ± 6.9 years; 10 women and six men), macular function was documented by microperimetry and BCVA was determined on the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution scale. Macular thickness and macular volume were measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT), and mean macular sensitivity was calculated for each of nine macular subfields on the retinal map obtained by OCT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BCVA was correlated with both macular thickness and macular volume in all nine subfields of the macular region. In contrast, macular sensitivity was correlated with both macular thickness and macular volume in six out of nine subfields (superior inner, superior outer, inferior inner, inferior outer, nasal inner, and nasal outer). The correlations were stronger in the nasal subfields than the other subfields.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that evaluation of both visual acuity and macular sensitivity might be important when assessing visual function in CRVO patients with macular edema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Yachiyo Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Chiba, Japan. noma-hide@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noma
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*