[HTML][HTML] Primary angle closure glaucoma: what we know and what we don't know

X Sun, Y Dai, Y Chen, DY Yu, SJ Cringle… - Progress in retinal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a common cause of blindness. Angle closure is
a fundamental pathologic process in PAGC. With the development of imaging devices for the …

Angle closure glaucoma: a mechanistic review

ME Nongpiur, JYF Ku, T Aung - Current opinion in ophthalmology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
With a wider availability of imaging tools and a better understanding of risk factors and
mechanisms, clinicians maybe able to more accurately identify those at greater risk of …

[PDF][PDF] Primary angle closure preferred practice pattern® guidelines

BE Prum, LW Herndon, SE Moroi, SL Mansberger… - …, 2016 - lin.hs.uci.edu
Primary angle closure is appositional or synechial closure of the anterior chamber angle.
Experts now recognize multiple mechanisms for PAC. Pupillary block is a key element in the …

Genome-wide association analyses identify three new susceptibility loci for primary angle closure glaucoma

EN Vithana, CC Khor, C Qiao, ME Nongpiur… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is a major cause of blindness worldwide. We
conducted a genome-wide association study including 1,854 PACG cases and 9,608 …

Primary angle-closure disease preferred practice Pattern®

SJ Gedde, PP Chen, KW Muir, K Vinod, JT Lind… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Primary angle closure disease (PACD) is classified into several groups. Primary
angle closure suspect is defined as≥ 180 degrees of iridotrabecular contact (ITC) without …

Anterior chamber angle assessment techniques

DS Friedman, M He - Survey of ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
Angle-closure glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness. Diagnosis and
treatment are intricately related to angle assessment techniques. This article reviews the …

Quantitative iris parameters and association with narrow angles

B Wang, LM Sakata, DS Friedman, YH Chan, M He… - Ophthalmology, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between quantitative iris parameters (iris
curvature [I-Curv], iris area [I-Area], and iris thickness) and the presence of narrow angles …

Epidemiology of primary glaucoma: prevalence, incidence, and blinding effects

C Cedrone, R Mancino, A Cerulli, M Cesareo… - Progress in brain …, 2008 - Elsevier
Certain general conclusions can be drawn from a series of 56 studies on glaucoma
prevalence. Even in the most recently published studies the rate of undiagnosed glaucoma …

Five‐year risk of progression of primary angle closure to primary angle closure glaucoma: a population‐based study

R Thomas, R Parikh, J Muliyil… - Acta ophthalmologica …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To report the 5‐year progression to primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) in a
population‐based cohort of primary angle closure (PAC) subjects. Methods: A total of 37 …

Iris cross-sectional area decreases with pupil dilation and its dynamic behavior is a risk factor in angle closure

HA Quigley, DM Silver, DS Friedman, M He… - Journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To estimate the change in iris cross-sectional (CS) area with pupil dilation using
anterior segment optical coherence tomography comparing eyes with angle closure (AC) to …