2014
Risk Factors for Optic Disc Hemorrhage in the Low-Pressure Glaucoma Treatment Study
Furlanetto RL, De Moraes CG, Teng CC, Liebmann JM, Greenfield DS, Gardiner SK, Ritch R, Krupin T, Group L. Risk Factors for Optic Disc Hemorrhage in the Low-Pressure Glaucoma Treatment Study. American Journal Of Ophthalmology 2014, 157: 945-952.e1. PMID: 24513094, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.02.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisc hemorrhage detectionLow-pressure Glaucoma Treatment StudyOcular perfusion pressureSystolic blood pressureDisc hemorrhageRisk factorsNeuroretinal rim widthSystemic β-blockersStudy patientsBlood pressurePerfusion pressureIntraocular pressureΒ-blockersLower mean systolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureTreatment studiesLower systolic blood pressureCox proportional hazards modelRim widthOptic disc hemorrhageIndependent risk factorUntreated intraocular pressureHistory of migraineMulticenter clinical trialSystemic risk factors
2010
Recurrent disc hemorrhage does not increase the rate of visual field progression
de Beaufort HC, De Moraes CG, Teng CC, Prata TS, Tello C, Ritch R, Liebmann JM. Recurrent disc hemorrhage does not increase the rate of visual field progression. Graefe's Archive For Clinical And Experimental Ophthalmology 2010, 248: 839-844. PMID: 20182885, DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1306-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent disc hemorrhagesDisc hemorrhageDisc photographsPointwise linear regression analysisPrimary open-angle glaucomaGlaucomatous visual field lossInitial disc hemorrhagesSingle disc hemorrhagesVisual field lossOpen-angle glaucomaVisual field progressionFuture disease progressionRate of progressionNumber of eyesDH eyesMost patientsConsecutive patientsResultsOne hundredMean ageVF progressionProgression endpointDisease progressionField progressionGroup BGroup A
2009
Visual Field Progression Differences between Normal-Tension and Exfoliative High-Tension Glaucoma
Ahrlich KG, De Moraes CG, Teng CC, Prata TS, Tello C, Ritch R, Liebmann JM. Visual Field Progression Differences between Normal-Tension and Exfoliative High-Tension Glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2009, 51: 1458-1463. PMID: 20042657, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher mean IOPHigh-tension glaucomaMean IOPNTG eyesGreater central corneal thicknessPointwise linear regression analysisDiagnosis of NTGVisual field changesOpen-angle glaucomaCentral corneal thicknessGlaucoma Progression StudyCentral VFGlaucoma surveillanceNTG groupCorneal thicknessNormal IOPVF testsProgression outcomesLinear regression analysisGlaucomaIOPProgression StudyPatientsMultivariate modelNTG