[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 in East Asian and European people. Different diseases?

M He, PJ Foster, GJ Johnson, PT Khaw - Eye, 2006 - nature.com
In contrast to the pattern of disease in Europeans, primary angle closure has a higher
prevalence and tends to be asymptomatic in East Asians. The higher prevalence is …

Laser peripheral iridotomy for the prevention of angle closure: a single-centre, randomised controlled trial

M He, Y Jiang, S Huang, DS Chang, B Munoz, T Aung… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Primary angle-closure glaucoma affects 20 million people worldwide. People
classified as primary angle closure suspects have a higher but poorly quantified risk of …

Age-related macular degeneration preferred practice pattern®

CJ Flaxel, RA Adelman, ST Bailey, A Fawzi, JI Lim… - …, 2020 - aaojournal.org
Background: Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of severe, irreversible
vision impairment in developed countries. The primary risk factors for the development 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 …

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 …

The Singapore Asymptomatic Narrow Angles Laser Iridotomy Study: five-year results of a randomized controlled trial

M Baskaran, RS Kumar, DS Friedman, QS Lu… - Ophthalmology, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine the efficacy of laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) in patients who received
a diagnosis of primary angle-closure suspect (PACS). Design Prospective, randomized …

Ocular biometric risk factors for progression of primary angle closure disease: the Zhongshan Angle Closure Prevention Trial

BY Xu, DS Friedman, PJ Foster, Y Jiang, N Porporato… - Ophthalmology, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess baseline ocular biometric risk factors for progression from primary angle
closure suspect (PACS) to primary angle closure (PAC) or acute angle closure (AAC) …

Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of population-based glaucoma screening in China: a decision-analytic Markov model

J Tang, Y Liang, C O'Neill, F Kee, J Jiang… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Glaucoma, particularly primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), is a leading
cause of global blindness. Nearly half of all people with PACG are of Chinese descent …

Deep learning classifiers for automated detection of gonioscopic angle closure based on anterior segment OCT images

BY Xu, M Chiang, S Chaudhary, S Kulkarni… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To develop and test deep learning classifiers that detect gonioscopic angle closure
and primary angle closure disease (PACD) based on fully automated analysis of anterior …