Publications by authors named "Ruthra M Umapathi"

Prcis: Approximately 38% of 467 asymptomatic primary angle closure glaucoma subjects had severe visual field loss (<-20 dB) at first presentation. Gender-based differences in prevalence and biometry suggests the need for an integrated approach for assessing risk.

Purpose: To compare the clinical characteristics of patients with asymptomatic primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) across varying disease severity at presentation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Precis: Inter-ocular comparison of primary angle closure glaucoma subjects with asymmetrical and symmetrical visual field loss, revealed significantly thinner central corneal thickness and higher presenting intraocular pressure in the worse eye of the asymmetrical group.

Purpose: To compare the inter-ocular clinical and biometric parameters of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) with asymmetrical and symmetrical visual-field loss at presentation.

Patient And Methods: Retrospective study in which the following clinical data were extracted: presenting intraocular pressure (IOP), gonioscopy, visual-field mean deviation (MD), central corneal thickness (CCT), anterior chamber depth (ACD) and axial length (AL).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Prcis: Reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) by latanoprost in treatment-naive eyes is significantly correlated to an increase in vessel density (VD) at the optic nerve head (ONH).

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of topical latanoprost on ocular microvasculature using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Patients And Methods: In this prospective case-control study, 26 eyes from 18 treatment-naive subjects in whom prostaglandin analogue (PGA) latanoprost 0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF