Clinical evaluation of indocyanine green video-angiography in the diagnosis of choroidal neovascular membrane associated with age-related macular degeneration

Eur J Ophthalmol. 1992 Jul-Sep;2(3):115-21. doi: 10.1177/112067219200200302.

Abstract

The Authors compared ICG video-angiographic findings in 85 eyes of 78 cases of presumed choroidal neovascular membrane (CNM) associated with age-related macular degeneration with those diagnosed by fluorescein angiography. The detection rate of CNM was 68% with indocyanine green (ICG) video-angiography and 59% with fluorescein angiography. ICG video-angiography can be especially useful for identifying hemorrhagic or exudative detachments of the retinal pigment epithelium. In these cases, detection of CNM by ICG video-angiography was generally far superior to that by fluorescein angiography. However, some CNM in which leakage was identified with fluorescein angiography could not be visualized by ICG video-angiography.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Angiography
  • Choroid / blood supply*
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green*
  • Macular Degeneration / complications
  • Macular Degeneration / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / complications
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / diagnosis*
  • Video Recording

Substances

  • Indocyanine Green