FFA

Diabetes, hypertension, night blindness, eye tumors and structural disorders of the retina can be revealed by angiographic imaging of the eye.

It is indispensable in the diagnosis of diabetes-related intraocular bleeding, age-related macular degeneration (yellow spot disease), retinal vascular occlusion, intraocular tumors and many other diseases.

FFA is an examination used to examine the retina and the nerve layer called the choroid and its supporting tissue at the back of the eye. Before the procedure, a drug is injected into a vein on the patient's arm or hand. This drug passes from the vein to the heart, from there to the whole body and meanwhile to the choroid and retinal vessels. The procedure consists in photographing the choroid and retina with the help of a special camera. The drug, which is seen in orange color when viewed from the outside, gives a bright green reflection when blue light is shined on it. Thanks to this feature, it allows to clearly see the vessels through which it passes, to detect vascular occlusions, fluid leaks from the vessels into the tissue, and to distinguish areas that are well or not fed with blood.

Diabetes, macular degeneration, high blood pressure, various retinal diseases, retinal vascular occlusions, etc. retinal angiography is performed. After a drug dye injected with "FFA" in angiography is administered through the patient's forearm vein, it reaches the eye within seconds and circulates through the retinal vessels, and is photographed with a fundus camera equipped with special filters. Leakages and all circulation of the dye on the retina are examined and many images are taken and photographed with a special camera. By looking at these images, it is evaluated whether there is a problem in the eye vessels. Furthermore, FFA guides our treatment decision before retinal laser and intraocular injections.

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