OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in
Asian populations and to compare this with prevalence in white populations. DESIGN: A …

Background: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is an exudative maculopathy
affecting vision, with clinical features distinct from neovascular age-related macular …

Purpose To determine the proportion of shallow irregular pigment epithelial detachments in
eyes with pachychoroid features that harbor neovascular tissue and to study the morphology …

More than a quarter century has passed since the original description of polypoidal
choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in 1982 as a peculiar hemorrhagic disorder involving the …

Verteporfin photodynamic therapy (vPDT) is a selective vaso-occlusive treatment that targets
choroidal vascular abnormalities. It was initially developed to treat neovascular age-related …

purpose: To describe a neovascular pattern associated with treatment-refractory
neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN: A retrospective …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the morphologic retinal and choroidal changes after verteporfin
photodynamic therapy (PDT) with and without ranibizumab for polypoidal choroidal …

Previous clinical studies have suggested that pachychoroid can induce macular
neovascularization (MNV) to develop pachychoroid neovasculopathy (PNV) and that PNV …

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) with or without verteporfin
photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) …

Although the polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and age-related macular degeneration
have been known to share common genetic factors, its clinical characteristics including the …