Uveal effusion and angle-closure glaucoma in primary pulmonary hypertension.

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a rapid, sensitive, and specific laboratory assay based on the polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of varicella-zoster virus retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). METHODS:We developed and tested a polymerase chain reaction-based assay for the detection of vari...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Short GA,Margolis TP,Kuppermann BD,Irvine AR,Martin DF,Chandler D

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the incidence of Graves' ophthalmopathy. METHODS:A population-based cohort of all Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents who had ophthalmopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease between Jan. 1, 1976, and Dec. 31, 1990, was identified through the medical diagnostic index of the Mayo Clinic a...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bartley GB,Fatourechi V,Kadrmas EF,Jacobsen SJ,Ilstrup DM,Garrity JA,Gorman CA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate whether indocyanine green stains the inner limiting membrane of the retina or residual vitreous cortex. METHODS:We report on the intraoperative staining patterns of the vitreomacular interface in 10 eyes of 10 consecutive patients who underwent vitrectomy with indocyanine green staining for macu...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Gandorfer A,Messmer EM,Ulbig MW,Kampik A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral secondary acute closed-angle glaucoma was associated with a ciliochoroidal detachment in two patients. One patient, aged 17 years, had an orbital arteriovenous fistula. The other patient, aged 73 years, had a dural arteriovenous fistula that originated from branches of the right internal maxillary artery. I...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Fourman S

更新日期：1989-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the inner surface of the retina in the presence of epiretinal membranes (ERMs) using a prototype spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) device. DESIGN:Small case series, performed in the Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of M...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Legarreta JE,Gregori G,Knighton RW,Punjabi OS,Lalwani GA,Puliafito CA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Macular imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) measures the most critical retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the human eye. The goal of this perspective is to review the challenges to detection of glaucoma progression with macular OCT imaging and propose ways to enhance its performance. DESIGN:Perspecti...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Nouri-Mahdavi K,Weiss RE

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the rate of progressive visual field (VF) loss and associated factors for structural or functional progression in preperimetric open-angle glaucoma (OAG). DESIGN:Longitudinal, observational study. METHODS:We included 127 eyes of 127 preperimetric OAG patients who were treated with topical medic...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Kim KE,Jeoung JW,Kim DM,Ahn SJ,Park KH,Kim SH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report the efficacy of an aggressive systematic regimen for the treatment of acute nonarteritic central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). METHODS:Eleven patients who had unilateral CRAO with symptoms of fewer than 48 hours' duration were treated with an aggressive stepwise systematic regimen until retinal ci...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Rumelt S,Dorenboim Y,Rehany U

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe microscopic changes in the structure of human sclera immediately after enucleation (negative control group) and to compare them after being stored for three months in four different media: pure glycerin, absolute alcohol, benzalkonium chloride diluted in absolute alcohol (1:5000), and benzalkonium c...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Bernardini Roriz MC,Pereira de Avila M,Barbosa De Sousa L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the prevalence of ciliochoroidal effusion (CE) after prophylactic laser iridotomy (LI). METHODS:An ultrasound biomicroscope (UBM) examination was performed before, 2, and 24 hours after LI to investigate the changes in supraciliary-choroidal space after LI in circumference of 38 eyes in 23 chronic pri...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Sakai H,Ishikawa H,Shinzato M,Nakamura Y,Sakai M,Sawaguchi S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the nocturnal effects of once-daily timolol and latanoprost on intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with ocular hypertension or early glaucomatous changes. DESIGN:Prospective, open-label, experimental study with crossover design. METHODS:Eighteen patients with ocular hypertension or early glaucom...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Liu JH,Kripke DF,Weinreb RN

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the potential influences that affect visual acuity (VA) outcome in a clinic-based cohort of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients undergoing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment for choroidal neovascularization. DESIGN:Prospective interventional case series. M...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Lim JH,Wickremasinghe SS,Xie J,Chauhan DS,Baird PN,Robman LD,Hageman G,Guymer RH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) findings for treating chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). DESIGN:Observational case series. METHODS:Thirty-two eyes of 27 patients with chronic CSC and symptoms for at least 6 months were recruited. Th...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Inoue R,Sawa M,Tsujikawa M,Gomi F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/METHODS:We examined a patient with progressive outer retinal necrosis, which is presumably caused by the varicella-zoster virus in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS:The patient was successfully treated with a combination of intravitreal ganciclovir and oral sorivudine. T...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Pinnolis MK,Foxworthy D,Kemp B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the relationship between iris color and intraocular pressure (IOP). DESIGN:Population-based, cross-sectional study. METHODS:The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3,654 largely Caucasian participants, aged 49 to 97 years, from 1992 to 1994. Information was collected about glaucoma risk factors, and G...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Mitchell R,Rochtchina E,Lee A,Wang JJ,Mitchell P,Blue Mountains Eye Study.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess and compare the frequency of reflex sneezing occurring during periocular anesthetic injections with and without intravenous sedation. DESIGN:Retrospective, comparative case series. METHODS:Seven hundred and twenty-two patients undergoing oculoplastic surgical procedures were included in this study. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ahn ES,Mills DM,Meyer DR,Stasior GO

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe two cases of acute traumatic maculopathy using optical coherence tomography (OCT) following high-speed motor vehicle accidents. DESIGN:Case reports. METHODS:Patients were examined soon after the accident using Snellen visual acuity (VA), dilated fundus examination, and OCT. Re-examination was cond...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Pham TQ,Chua B,Gorbatov M,Mitchell P

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of six patients (four women and two men ranging in age from 51 to 90 years) with bilateral senile iridoschisis also had secondary unilateral narrow angle or angle-closure glaucoma. All six patients had splitting of the iris stroma inferiorly. Histopathologic studies disclosed marked iris stromal atrophy without ev...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Rodrigues MC,Spaeth GL,Krachmer JH,Laibson PR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the prevalence of peripheral pigmented retinal lesions and associated clinical findings in patients with Stargardt disease. DESIGN:Retrospective case series. METHODS:Records at a single academic institution were reviewed for patients with genetically confirmed Stargardt disease with peripheral ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Zhao PY,Abalem MF,Nadelman D,Qian CX,Branham K,Schlegel D,Khan N,Heckenlively JR,Jayasundera T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined two patients who had sudden decrease in vision after intranasal cocaine or methamphetamine abuse. A 38-year-old woman with a history of systemic arterial hypertension developed a central retinal artery occlusion four hours after intranasal use of cocaine. A 26-year-old woman had blurred vision and intraret...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Wallace RT,Brown GC,Benson W,Sivalingham A

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinic patients and students were given several regular drops of commercial 10% phenylephrine HCl, and 1.0% cyclopentolate HCl or 1.0% tropicamide HCl. The drops were given three times at five-minute intervals. Mydriasis and cycloplegia were determined and compared with the results obtained by using one of the followi...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Brown C,Hanna C

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have modified a Maumenee-Park eyelid speculum to permit eyelid retraction in the direct plane of action of the lids and to avoid pressure on the globe from the speculum weight. A ball-joint at the end of the blade allows the blade to adjust with the eyelid. Increased angulation of the sidearm places the blade perpen...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Krupin T

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To delineate the clinical features, course, complications, and associated systemic diseases in patients with HLA-B27-associated uveitis. METHODS:We reviewed the records of 148 patients with HLA-B27-associated uveitis from two large uveitis practices. RESULTS:There were 127 (86%) white and 21 (14%) nonwhite pa...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Tay-Kearney ML,Schwam BL,Lowder C,Dunn JP,Meisler DM,Vitale S,Jabs DA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senior-Loken syndrome is a rare hereditary disease that combines a disorder resembling familial juvenile nephronophthisis with retinitis pigmentosa. Retinitis pigmentosa is even less frequently associated with exudative retinopathy. The patient, a 15-year-old boy, had hereditary renal-retinal dystrophy combined with a...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Schuman JS,Lieberman KV,Friedman AH,Berger M,Schoeneman MJ

更新日期：1985-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the tomographic and pathomorphologic features of dome-shaped maculas with swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT). DESIGN:Prospective, cross-sectional study. METHODS:The macular area of 51 highly myopic eyes (35 patients) with dome-shaped maculas was studied with swept-source OCT at 1050 nm. ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Ellabban AA,Tsujikawa A,Matsumoto A,Yamashiro K,Oishi A,Ooto S,Nakata I,Akagi-Kurashige Y,Miyake M,Elnahas HS,Radwan TM,Zaky KA,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Periocular injection of corticosteroids is a common treatment for vision loss in patients with intermediate uveitis. However, this treatment has the potential for serious side effects. We sought to determine the effects of such injections in a series of patients. METHODS:We reviewed charts of 20 consecutive pa...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Helm CJ,Holland GN

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 20 patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. They represented 3.7% of referred patients with uveitis. American Indian ancestry appears to be the link to Oriental racial type. Five patients had a forme fruste retinal detachment. After extensive treatment with corticosteroids, detachments flattened within ...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Snyder DA,Tessler HH

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the safety of rAAV.sFlt-1 subretinal injection in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) over 36 months. DESIGN:Phase 1 dose escalation trial. METHODS:Eight subjects with advanced, treatment-experienced wet AMD were randomly assigned (3:1) to treatment and non-gene therapy control gr...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Constable IJ,Lai CM,Magno AL,French MA,Barone SB,Schwartz SD,Blumenkranz MS,Degli-Esposti MA,Rakoczy EP

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the feasibility of using a modified femtosecond laser to perform penetrating corneal resections. DESIGN:Controlled laboratory study. METHODS:Fourteen corneoscleral rims were mounted on an artificial anterior chamber. Eight underwent traditional penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) and six underwent "to...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Steinert RF,Ignacio TS,Sarayba MA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the risk of graft failure in patients with glaucoma is dependent on the indication for penetrating keratoplasty (PK). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. METHODS:All patients on the United Kingdom Transplant Registry undergoing their first PK over a 7-year period with at least 1 year of fo...

journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology

authors： Stewart RM,Jones MN,Batterbury M,Tole D,Larkin DF,Kaye SB,NHSBT Ocular Tissue Advisory Group and Contributing Ophthalmologists (OTAG Audit Study 9).

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00