Contribution and significance of Heidelberg retinal tomography II in diagnostics of ocular hypertension and its conversion into primary open-angle glaucoma | Zendy

Vujica Marković | Zendy; Djordje Kontic | Zendy; Paraskeva Hentova-Senćanić | Zendy; Marija Božić | Zendy; Ivan Marjanović | Zendy; Vera Krstić | Zendy; Dragana Kovačević | Zendy

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Contribution and significance of Heidelberg retinal tomography II in diagnostics of ocular hypertension and its conversion into primary open-angle glaucoma

Author(s) -

Vujica Marković,

Djordje Kontic,

Paraskeva Hentova-Senćanić,

Marija Božić,

Ivan Marjanović,

Vera Krstić,

Dragana Kovačević

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp0904283m

Subject(s) - glaucoma , ophthalmology , medicine , ocular hypertension , gonioscopy , optic disc , open angle glaucoma , optic nerve , retinal , optic disk , visual field , intraocular pressure , optometry

A term "ocular hypertension" is used when IOP is found to be >21 mmHg on two consecutive occasions, in the absence of detectable glaucomatous damage. The aim of this study was to determine the significance and contribution of Heidelberg Retinal Tomography II (HRT II) results that show very early, subtle changes in retinal neurofibre layers (RNFL) in the optic nerve head that are specific for glaucoma itself (the loss of neuroretinal rim area and an increase of Cup/Disc ratio), but are not possible to register by an ophthalmoscope. Also, when the results of the functional tests remain unchanged, that confirms the conversion of ocular hypertension into glaucoma.

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