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Assessing Early Stage Open-Angle Glaucoma in Patients by Isolated-Check Visual Evoked Potential
Published on: May 25, 2020
Correlation of Disc Damage Likelihood Scale, visual field, and Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II in patients with
J Hornova1, J B V Kuntz Navarro, A Prasad
1Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, University Hospital Královské Vinohrady and IPVZ, Prague - Czech Republic. hornova@fnkv.cz
Purpose:
To correlate the analysis of the optic nerve head (ONH) obtained with Disc Damage Likelihood Scale (DDLS), Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT II), and visual field (VF) parameters (Aulhorn scale, mean deviation [MD], and pattern standard deviation [PSD]) in patients with glaucoma.
Methods:
Sixty-five eyes were evaluated using the DDLS classification. Fifty-seven eyes had stable primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and eight eyes were normal (control group). Classification of the ONH was performed using the HRT II, with Moorfields Regression Analysis (MRA) and Cup Shape Measure (CSM) indexes. The VF was examined by Full Threshold test (30-2) using the Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) perimeter and evaluated by three
Methods:
Aulhorn's scale of 0 to 6, and two global indices, MD and PSD.
Results:
The amount of ONH damage as estimated by the DDLS correlated well with topographic damage determined by HRT II (r=0.923 with MRA and r=0.807 with CSM) and with visual field loss as measured by the MD (r=-0.792) and PSD (r=0.718) of the HFA and Aulhorn field staging system (r=0.849).
Conclusions:
This study shows that evaluation of the ONH using the DDLS provides information that correlates well with VF and with data obtained from HRT II.
