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We hypothesized that optical coherence tomography angiographic parameters would be useful biomarkers of amyloidosis systemic severity and investigated their correlation with the systemic severity score. The primary outcome was the correlation between the systemic severity score and choriocapillaris flow deficit percentage. Secondary outcomes were the correlations between the systemic severity score and retinal optical coherence tomography angiographic parameters, including foveal avascular zone size and circularity and superficial\/deep\/total retinal perfusion and vessel densities. The choroidal and retinal vasculature was quantified in 36 eyes from 36 patients (age, 51.8\u00b112.1 years; disease duration, 13.4\u00b16.2 years). Ten eyes had a history of vitrectomy for vitreous opacity. Choriocapillaris flow deficit percentage was not significantly correlated with the systemic severity score (Spearman\u2019s rank correlation: r = 2.96\u00d710<jats:sup>\u22122<\/jats:sup>, p = 0.863). 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