Introduction . Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is an imaging technique that uses the variation in signal intensity caused by moving blood particles, such as erythrocytes, as the contrast mechanism for the visualization of functional blood vessels in the eye1 , 2. Therefore, OCTA enables the reconstruction of retinal microvascular flow maps, as a beneficial imaging tool in a series of microvascular pathologies, such as diabetic retinopathy3 , 4. In diabetic...