PMID- 8883552
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970121
LR  - 20190920
IS  - 1395-3907 (Print)
IS  - 1395-3907 (Linking)
VI  - 74
IP  - 4
DP  - 1996 Aug
TI  - Differences in optic discs in low-tension glaucoma patients with relatively low 
      or high pressures.
PG  - 364-7
AB  - We evaluated the differences in the optic nerve head in patients with chronic 
      open-angle glaucoma (HTG) and those with low-tension glaucoma with either 
      relatively high (between 16 and 21 mmHg [LTGH]) or low (< or = 15 mmHg [LTGL]) 
      intraocular pressures. We included 36 patients in this study. We found that LTGL 
      patients had a significantly greater mean area of peripapillary atrophy inferior 
      to the optic disc (0.65 +/- 0.38 mm2) than LTGH (0.40 +/- 0.38 mm2) or HTG (0.34 
      +/- 0.25 mm2) patients (p < 0.005). No significant difference was found between 
      groups for the area of the neural rim, optic disc, cup/pallor discrepancy, or 
      peripapillary halo, or in the diameter of the largest artery or vein in the 
      inferior and superior peripapillary area. This study raises the question of 
      whether a separate mechanism of damage could exist at the optic disc in patients 
      whose intraocular pressure is < or = 15 mmHg because of a greater extent of 
      peripapillary atrophy than in patients with higher intraocular pressures.
FAU - Wang, X H
AU  - Wang XH
AD  - Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 
      USA.
FAU - Stewart, W C
AU  - Stewart WC
FAU - Jackson, G J
AU  - Jackson GJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Denmark
TA  - Acta Ophthalmol Scand
JT  - Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica
JID - 9507578
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Female
MH  - Fundus Oculi
MH  - Glaucoma, Open-Angle/*pathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
MH  - *Intraocular Pressure
MH  - Male
MH  - Optic Atrophy/pathology
MH  - Optic Disk/*pathology
EDAT- 1996/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00710.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 1996 Aug;74(4):364-7. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00710.x.