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Correlations of CVI and vascular density of the large choroidal vessel layer\/choriocapillaris layer\/choroidal thickness (CT) were also assessed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Thirty-two eyes in 32 patients with unilateral CSC and 32 normal eyes were included in the study. The mean CVI in the eyes with CSC was significantly greater than that in the fellow eyes of CSC and control eyes (41.99 \u00b1 3.56% vs. 40.38 \u00b1 3.855%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.003; 41.99 \u00b1 3.56% vs. 38.93 \u00b1 4.067%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.004, respectively). The CVIs in superotemporal, inferotemporal and inferonasal regions were significantly higher in CSC eyes than control eyes (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.03,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.02,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.008). In CSC eyes, there was a linear positive correlation between 3D-CVI and vascular density of the large choroidal vessel layer and CT in all subfields. The proportion of vortex vein anastomoses in CSC was 25\/32 (78.1%), and significantly higher in fellow and control eyes (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001). The average central CVI was significantly higher in CSC eyes with anastomoses than in CSC eyes without anastomoses (42.8 \u00b1 5.1% vs. 38.4 \u00b1 2.7%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.039). CVIs in superior, central, inferior, superonasal, nasal and inferonasal regions were significantly correlated with vortex vein anastomoses (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05), regardless of CSC, fellow or healthy eyes. In addition, whether there were vortex vein anastomoses, CVI in superotemporal region was significantly higher in eyes with CSC (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.002) and fellow eyes (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.014), compared to control eyes. No significant correlation was found between hypertension and CVIs in the three groups.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Remodeling of choroidal drainage routes by venous anastomosis between superior and inferior vortex veins may be common in CSC. The 3D-CVI could be a comprehensive parameter to evaluate the choroid vasculature and help understand the pathogenesis of pachychoroid spectrum disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2022.967369","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,7]],"date-time":"2022-09-07T02:20:37Z","timestamp":1662517237000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Three-dimensional choroidal vascularity index in central serous chorioretinopathy using ultra-widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography 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