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 …

Angle closure and angle‐closure glaucoma: what we are doing now and what we will be doing in the future

DS Friedman, PJ Foster, T Aung… - Clinical & experimental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Primary angle‐closure glaucoma (PACG) frequently leads to severe vision loss. Prevalence
among older Asian populations is high and given global demographics, the number of …

Angle-closure: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment

N Amerasinghe, T Aung - Progress in brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
Introduction: Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is the leading cause of blindness in
East Asia. The disease can be classified into primary angle-closure suspect, primary angle …

[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 …

Visual field loss from primary angle-closure glaucoma: a comparative study of symptomatic and asymptomatic disease

LPK Ang, T Aung, WH Chua, LW Yip, PTK Chew - Ophthalmology, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess the degree of visual field (VF) loss in subjects diagnosed with primary
angle-closure glaucoma (PACG), and to compare the severity of such loss between those …

Management of angle closure glaucoma

JLS See, MCD Aquino, J Aduan… - Indian journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is equally prevalent in Indian in Asian population
as the primary open angle glaucoma. Eighty-six percent of people with PACG are in Asia …

[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 …

Chronic angle-closure with glaucomatous damage: long-term clinical course in a North American population and comparison with an Asian population

M Rosman, T Aung, LPK Ang, PTK Chew… - Ophthalmology, 2002 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To study the long-term clinical course of North American chronic angle-closure
glaucoma (CACG) patients with optic disc damage and visual field loss in the presence of an …

Evidence-based management of primary angle closure glaucoma

ME Emanuel, RK Parrish, SJ Gedde - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Treatment of angle closure depends on the signs of chronic angle damage and
glaucomatous optic neuropathy. In the absence of such evidence, serial gonioscopy may be …

The role of lens extraction in the current management of primary angle-closure glaucoma

S Trikha, SA Perera, R Husain… - Current Opinion in …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The role of lens extraction in the current management of pri... : Current Opinion in
Ophthalmology The role of lens extraction in the current management of primary angle-closure …