Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography as a Noninvasive Assessment of Cerebral Microcirculatory Disorders Caused by Carotid Artery Stenosis

Table 2

Ocular conditions of contralateral eyes with severe unilateral carotid artery stenosis and occlusion and healthy control eyes.

OCTA characteristic	Contralateral eyes	Control eyes
RPC VD (%); Median (IQR)	54.30 (51.90-57.60)	57.07 (55.13-59.16)	2.7747	0.0958
SVC VD (%); Median (IQR)	48.50 (45.80-52.00)	52.22 (50.14-53.21)	6.2650	0.0123
DVC VD (%); Median (IQR)	50.80 (47.10-53.80)	56.13 (53.07-58.63)	11.621	0.0007
CC VD (%); Median (IQR)	65.50 (61.90-68.76)	67.02 (65.88-71.11)	1.5597	0.1188

VD: vessel density; RPC: radical peripapillary capillaries; SVC: superficial vascular complexes; DVC: deep vascular complexes; CC: choriocapillaris.