Intraocular pressure predicts premature coronary atherosclerosis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between intraocular pressure (IOP) and premature atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (PACAD) by comparing central corneal thicknesses (CCTs) measurements.

Methods: One hundred-eighty-six subjects were enrolled in this cross-sectional study, 100 in the PACAD group and 86 in the control group. All participants underwent a physical examination and routine biochemical tests.

Comparison of secondary implantation of flexible open-loop anterior chamber and scleral-fixated posterior chamber intraocular lenses.

Purpose: To analyze and compare the outcomes and complication rates of secondary implantation of flexible, open-loop, anterior chamber intraocular lenses (AC IOLs) and single-piece, scleral-fixated, posterior chamber IOLs (PC IOLs).

Setting: Departments of Ophthalmology, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Research Hospital, Gaziantep, and Inönü University Medical Faculty, Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.

Methods: This study comprised 124 eyes of 113 aphakic patients (61 men, 52 women) with insufficient capsule support who had secondary IOL implantation from January 1997 to June 2001.