RONY CARLOS PRETI

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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/33 - Laboratório de Oftalmologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina

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  • article 0 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Relationship between automated choroidal thickness measurements and retinal sensitivity using microperimetry in patients with myopia and different stages of myopic maculopathy
    (2024) SILVA, Fillipe de Biaggi Borges da; SILVA, Luis Claudio Pimentel; CUNHA, Leonardo Provetti; ZACHARIAS, Leandro Cabral; NAVAJAS, Eduardo V.; MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.; PRETI, Rony C.
    Purpose To assess the relationship between macular choroidal thickness (CT) measurements and retinal sensitivity (RS) in eyes with myopia and different stages of myopic maculopathy. Methods A masked, cross-sectional, and consecutive study involving patients with emmetropia/myopia (control group) and high myopia (HM) eyes. Automated choroidal thickness (CT) and manual outer retinal layer (ORL) thickness were acquired using swept-source optical coherence tomography, while retinal sensitivity (RS) assessed by microperimetry (MP3) in all regions of the macular Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) grid. Comparisons were made between groups, and correlations were performed among these measurements, demographic and ocular parameters and myopic maculopathy classification. Results A total of 37 (74 eyes) patients were included in the study. The mean age was 39 +/- 13 years, and 28 patients (76%) were female. HM eyes exhibited inferior best-corrected visual acuity and a more advanced myopic maculopathy classification compared to the control group. The mean macular CT were 255 and 179 mu m in the control and HM eyes (P < 0.001), respectively. In the HM eyes, superior ETDRS region presented the greatest values. Mean RS in control and HM groups was 28 and 24 dB (P = 0.001), respectively. Inner temporal followed by superior, were the regions of higher RS. Mean ORL thickness was 83 and 79 mu m (P < 0.001), in the control and HM groups, respectively. The inner temporal ETDRS region presented the thickest measure. CT correlated significantly with RS (r = 0.41, P < 0.001) and ORL thickness, (r = 0.58, P < 0.001), which also correlated with RS (r = 0.40, P < 0.001). Spherical equivalent, axial length and myopic maculopathy stage were the parameters that most correlated with CT, RS and ORL thickness. For every 100 mu m increase in thickening of CT there was an average increase of 3.4 mu m in ORL thickness and 2.7 dB in RS. Myopic maculopathy classification demonstrated influence only with CT. Conclusion Myopia degree is related to ORL and choroidal thinning and deterioration of retinal sensitivity in some ETDRS regions of the macula. Choroidal thinning is associated to with a decline of retinal sensitivity, thinning of ORL, and worsening of myopic maculopathy classification, so new treatments are necessary to prevent myopia progression.
  • article 28 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Correlation between cognitive impairment and retinal neural loss assessed by swept-source optical coherence tomography in patients with mild cognitive impairment
    (2019) ALMEIDA, Ana L. M.; PIRES, Leopoldo A.; FIGUEIREDO, Evelyn A.; COSTA-CUNHA, Luciana V. F.; ZACHARIAS, Leandro C.; PRETI, Rony C.; MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.; CUNHA, Leonardo P.
    Introduction: We compared peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness measurements in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and control subjects using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). We also assessed the relationship between SS-OCT measurements and the severity of cognitive impairment. Methods: Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer and macular thickness were measured in 23 patients and 24 control subjects using SS-OCT. Cognitive status was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and the Pfeffer Questionnaire. Results: Most inner retinal layer thickness parameters were significantly smaller in patients with MCI, especially macular ganglion cell complex thickness measurements. Mini-Mental State Examination and Montreal Cognitive Assessment findings were significantly correlated with most macular thickness parameters. Discussion: The SS-OCT-measured inner retinal layers of patients with MCI displayed thinning, especially in the central macular area. SS-OCT technology can provide useful information on ocular involvement patterns and holds promise as an ocular biomarker in this patient population. (C) 2019 The Authors.
  • article 1 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Unilateral papilledema and peripapillary polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy as the presenting manifestations of intracranial hypertension
    (2021) MATOS, Aline Mota Freitas; CUNHA, Leonardo Provetti; SUZUKI, Ana Claudia F.; MELLO, Luiz Guilherme Marchesi; PRETI, Rony C.; ZACHARIAS, Leandro C.; MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.
    We have reported here the case of a 54-year-old woman with intracranial hypertension that presented with the unique features of unilateral papilledema and peripapillary polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Our investigations lead to the diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and an incidental small right frontal meningioma. The patient was accordingly treated with oral acetazolamide, followed by three consecutive monthly intravitreal injections of bevacizumab, which resulted in the inactivation of the polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, marked reduction of lipid exudation, and complete absorption of the subretinal fluid. This case serves as the first documentation of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy associated with papilledema. It also demonstrates that choroidal vascular abnormalities may occur even when optic disk edema is unilateral, which is an uncommon manifestation of increased intracranial pressure. Prompt recognition of such findings and its appropriate management are essential for adequate treatment and prevention of irreversible visual loss.
  • article 8 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Short-term effects of intravitreal bevacizumab in contrast sensitivity of patients with diabetic macular edema and optimizing glycemic control
    (2019) MOTTA, Augusto A. L.; BONANOMI, Maria Teresa B. C.; FERRAZ, Daniel A.; PRETI, Rony C.; SOPHIE, Raafay; ABALEM, Maria F.; QUEIROZ, Marcia S.; PIMENTEL, Sergio L. G.; TAKAHASHI, Walter Y.; DAMICO, Francisco M.
    Aims: To analyze contrast sensitivity of intravitreal bevacizumab injections with optimizing glycemic control versus optimizing glycemic control (in combination with sham injections) in eyes with Diabetic Macular Edema (DME). Design: Prospective, interventional, masked, randomized controlled trial. Methods: Forty-one eyes of 34 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and DME with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) < 11% received either intravitreal bevacizumab injection (Group 1) or sham injection (Group 2) at 0 and 6 weeks along with optimizing glycemic control. Mean change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity (CS), optical coherence tomography (OCT)-measured by central macular thickness (CMT) were compared and correlated at baseline, 2, 6 and 12 weeks. Results: The study showed a mean CS improved in group 1 from 1.14 +/- 0.36 logCS to 1.32 +/- 0.24 logCS and also in group 2 from 1.11 +/- 0.29 logCS to 1.18 +/- 0.29 logCS at 12 weeks (P = 0.12). CS and CMT promptly decreased in group 1 compared to group 2 at 2 weeks (Delta CS = 0.15 +/- 0.25 vs. 0.03 +/- 0.15 logCS; P = 0.04; Delta CMT = 116 +/- 115 vs. 17 +/- 71 mu m; P = 0.01). There was a mean reduction of approximately 0.5% in HbA1c levels in both groups at 12 weeks (P = 0.002). Conclusion: The use of bevacizumab in combination with optimizing glycemic control results in earlier improvement of contrast sensitivity in type 2 diabetes patients with DME. However, the optimizing glycemic control itself has shown also to be effective at 12 weeks.
  • article 32 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANALYSIS OF OUTER RETINAL TUBULATIONS Sequential Evolution and Pathophysiological Insights
    (2018) PRETI, Rony C.; GOVETTO, Andrea; AQUETA FILHO, Richard Geraldo; ZACHARIAS, Leandro Cabral; PIMENTEL, Sergio Gianotti; TAKAHASHI, Walter Y.; MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.; HUBSCHMAN, Jean Pierre; SARRAF, David
    Purpose: To describe the sequential evolution of outer retinal tubulations (ORTs) in patients diagnosed with choroidal neovascularization and/or retinal pigment epithelium atrophy. Methods: Retrospective evaluation of spectral domain optical coherence tomography of a consecutive cohort of patients with various retinal conditions. Results: We reviewed the clinical findings of 238 eyes of 119 consecutive patients (54 men and 65 women) with a mean age of 76.2 +/- 14.2 years (range: 57-90) and a mean follow-up of 3 +/- 1.6 years (range 1-7). Over the follow-up period, ORTs were diagnosed in 67 of 238 eyes (28.1%), 9 of which were imaged with sequential, eye-tracked spectral domain optical coherence tomography dating from the beginning of ORT formation. The presence of geographic atrophy and subretinal hyperreflective material at baseline were found to be risk factors for ORT development (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively). Outer retinal tubulations were divided into forming versus formed morphologies. The latter was comprised open and closed ORTs of which the open subtype was the most common. The formation of ORTs was significantly associated with microcystic macular lesions in the inner nuclear layer and the downward displacement of the outer plexiform layer, referred to as the outer plexiform layer subsidence sign (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Outer retinal tubulation is a frequent optical coherence tomography finding in eyes with choroidal neovascularization and geographic atrophy. Open ORTs with progressive scrolled edges and shortened diameter were significantly associated with microcystic macular lesions in the inner nuclear layer and the outer plexiform layer subsidence sign.
  • article 24 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Circumpapillary and macular vessel density assessment by optical coherence tomography angiography in eyes with temporal hemianopia from chiasmal compression. Correlation with retinal neural and visual field loss
    (2020) SUZUKI, Ana Claudia F.; ZACHARIAS, Leandro C.; PRETI, Rony C.; CUNHA, Leonardo P.; MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.
    Aims To compare the circumpapillary and macular vessel density (cpVD/mVD) of eyes with temporal visual field (VF) defect and band atrophy (BA) of the optic nerve and normal controls using OCTA and to verify the association of VD parameters with circumpapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (cpRNFL) thickness, macular ganglion cell complex (mGCC) thickness and VF loss. Methods Thirty-three eyes of 26 patients with BA and 42 eyes of 22 age-matched normal controls underwent OCT + OCTA scanning. cpVD and cpRNFL were expressed as average and sector measurements. mVD and mGCC were calculated as averages and in quadrants and hemiretinas. VF loss was estimated using the 24-2 and the 10-2 protocols. Generalized estimated equation models were used for comparisons and area under the receiver operating characteristics (AROC) were calculated. Results Compared with controls, BA eyes displayed smaller average cpVD and mVD values (p < 0.001 and AROC = 0.91 for both). Sectorial measurements were also reduced, especially the nasotemporal sector average cpVD (p < 0.001 and AROC = 0.96) and the nasal retina mVD measurements (p < 0.001 and AROC = 0.93). cpVD and mVD correlated strongly with corresponding cpRNFL and mGCC thickness measurements in affected regions (r range: 0.67-0.78 and 0.56-0.76, respectively). Similarly, cpVD and mVD parameters correlated significantly with corresponding VF loss (r range: 0.45-0.68). Conclusions cpVD and mVD are significantly reduced in BA eyes compared with controls and are strongly correlated with retinal neural and VF loss. cpVD and mVD reduction on OCTA could serve as a surrogate for retinal neural loss in compressive optic neuropathy and might be useful in its management.
  • article 7 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    The effect of laser pan-retinal photocoagulation with or without intravitreal bevacizumab injections on the OCT-measured macular choroidal thickness of eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy
    (2017) PRETI, Rony C.; MUTTI, Anibal; FERRAZ, Daniel A.; ZACHARIAS, Leandro C.; NAKASHIMA, Yoshitaka; TAKAHASHI, Walter Y.; MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.
    OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of laser pan-retinal photocoagulation with or without intravitreal bevacizumab injections on macular choroidal thickness parameters in eyes with high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy. METHODS: High-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients undergoing laser treatment were prospectively enrolled in this study. One eye was randomly selected for laser treatment combined with bevacizumab injections, study group, whereas the corresponding eye was subjected to laser treatment alone, control group. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with enhanced depth imaging was used to measure the macular choroidal thickness prior to and 1 month after treatment. Measurements in both groups were compared. Clinicaltrials. gov: NCT01389505. RESULTS: Nineteen patients (38 eyes) with a mean +/- standard deviation age of 53.4 +/- 9.3 years were evaluated, and choroidal thickness measurements for 15 patients were used for comparison. The greatest measurement before treatment was the subfoveal choroidal thickness (341.68 +/- 67.66 mm and 345.79 +/- 83.66 mm for the study and control groups, respectively). No significant difference between groups was found in terms of macular choroidal thickness measurements at baseline or after treatment. However, within-group comparisons revealed a significant increase in choroidal thickness parameters in 10 measurements in the study group and in only 5 temporal measurements in the control group when 1-month follow-up measurements were compared to baseline values. CONCLUSIONS: The macular choroidal thickness does not appear to be significantly influenced by laser treatment alone but increases significantly when associated with bevacizumab injections in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and macular edema. Because bevacizumab injections reduce short-term laser pan-retinal photocoagulation-induced macular edema, our findings suggest that the choroid participates in its pathogenesis.
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    Quadrantic analysis of inner and outer macular layers using SD-OCT in band atrophy of the optic nerve and correlation with 10-2 standard automated perimetry
    (2017) ARAUJO, Rafael B. Barbosa de; OYAMADA, Maria Kiyoko; ZACHARIAS, Leandro C.; PRETI, Rony C.; MONTEIRO, Mario R.
  • article 11 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Effect of a Single Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection on Contrast Sensitivity and Macular Thickness in Eyes with Macular Edema from Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Prospective, Nonrandomized, Three-Month Follow-Up Study
    (2014) PRETI, Rony C.; RAMIREZ, Lisa M. V.; PIMENTEL, Sergio L. G.; NAKASHIMA, Yoshitaka; MACHADO, Cleide G.; PELAYES, David E.; MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.; TAKAHASHI, Walter Y.
    Purpose: To evaluate the results of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injection on contrast sensitivity (CS), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), foveal thickness (FT) and macular volume (MV) as measured by optical coherence tomography in patients with macular edema (ME) from central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Methods: Sixteen consecutive eyes from 16 patients with ME from unilateral CRVO were treated with a single IVB injection. The CS, BCVA, FT and MV measurements were obtained before the treatment and 1 and 3 months after the injection. Results: CS demonstrated significant improvement at all spatial frequencies - 1.5, 3, 6, 12 and 18 cycles per degree (cpd) - 1 month after the injection and at 6 cpd at the 3-month follow-up. The mean BCVA measurements in log of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) units improved from 1.03 at baseline to 0.83 logMAR 1 month after the injection, but worsened to 0.97 logMAR at 3 months. The mean baseline FT +/- standard deviation (SD; 620.06 +/- 177.60 mu m) was reduced significantly 1 month (270.93 +/- 74.17 mu m) and 3 months (535.56 +/- 222.33 mu m) after the treatment. The mean baseline MV +/- SD (12,765.56 +/- 3,769.70 mm 3) was reduced significantly at the 1-month (8,324.93 +/- 932.04 mm(3)) and 3-month (11,319.44 +/- 3,044.74 mm(3)) follow-up visits. Conclusions: IVB improved CS, BCVA, FT and MV within a short time period (1 month). Although VA was not improved at 3 months, improvements were observed for CS, FT and MV, which indicates that, despite ME recurrence, there still was some benefit to visual function. (C) 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
  • article 3 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Diagnostic ability of confocal near-infrared reflectance fundus imaging to detect retrograde microcystic maculopathy from chiasm compression. A comparative study with OCT findings
    (2021) MONTEIRO, Mario L. R.; SOUSA, Rafael M.; ARAUJO, Rafael B.; FERRAZ, Daniel; SADIQ, Mohammad A.; ZACHARIAS, Leandro C.; PRETI, Rony C.; CUNHA, Leonardo P.; NGUYEN, Quan D.
    Purpose To evaluate the ability of confocal near-infrared reflectance (NIR) to diagnose retrograde microcystic maculopathy (RMM) in eyes with temporal visual field (VF) loss and optic atrophy from chiasmal compression. To compare NIR findings with optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in the same group of patients. Methods Thirty-four eyes (26 patients) with temporal VF loss from chiasmal compression and 41 healthy eyes (22 controls) underwent NIR fundus photography, and macular OCT scanning. VF loss was estimated and retinal layers thickness were measured on OCT. Two examiners blinded to the diagnosis randomly examined NIR images for the presence of hyporeflective abnormality (HA) and OCT scans for the presence of microcystic macular abnormalities (MMA). The total average and hemi-macular HA area and number of microcysts were determined. The groups were compared and the level of agreement was estimated. Results The OCT-measured macular retinal nerve fiber and ganglion cell layers were thinner and the inner nuclear layer was thicker in patients compared to controls. HA and MMA were detected in 22 and 12 patient eyes, respectively, and in 0 controls (p<0.001, both comparisons). HA was significantly more frequent than MMA in patients with optic atrophy, and agreement between HA and MMA (both total and hemi-macular) was fair (kappa range: 0.24-0.29). The mean HA area was significantly greater in the nasal than temporal hemi-macula. A re-analysis of the 14 eyes with discrepant findings allowed to confirm RMM in 20 eyes (20/34) indicating that OCT detected RMM in 12 and missed it in 8 eyes. On the other hand, NIR correctly detected 18 out of 20 eyes, overcalled 4 and missed 2. Conclusions RMM is a frequent finding in eyes with severe VF loss from long-standing chiasmal compression. NIR photography appears to be more sensitive than OCT for detecting RMM and may be useful as screening method for its presence.