Optic Disc Characteristics and Visual Field Progression in Normal Tension Glaucoma Patients With Tilted Optic Discs.

Purpose Of The Study: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the optic disc characteristics associated with visual field (VF) progression in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) eyes with tilted optic discs.

Methods: Sixty-six eyes of 66 NTG patients with tilted optic disc were included in this cross-sectional study, who were examined by at least 5 Humphrey 30-2 VFs. Glaucomatous VF progression was evaluated using pointwise linear regression.

Comparison of visual field progression between temporally tilted disc and nontilted disc, in patients with normal tension glaucoma.

Purpose: To investigate the long-term visual field (VF) progression of temporally tilted disc and nontilted disc in normal tension glaucoma (NTG).

Methods: Retrospective, observational case series. Forty-seven patients with temporally tilted disc (47 eyes), 44 patients with nontilted disc in NTG (44 eyes) patients, who were examined by at least 5 VF tests, and were followed-up over a 5-year period, at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Samsung Medical Center, from May 1998 to 2013.

Characteristics of hypertension subtypes and treatment outcome among elderly Korean hypertensives.

There are limited data about characteristics of hypertension subtypes in Asian hypertensive patients and their impacts on treatment of hypertension. This prospective, multi-center, observational study evaluated 2439 hypertensive patients. (≥60 years) Inadequately controlled and drug-naïve patients were categorized into three hypertension subtypes (isolated systolic hypertension [ISH], combined systolic/diastolic hypertension [SDH], and isolated diastolic hypertension [IDH]), and proportions of each hypertension subtype were evaluated.

Diurnal variation in choroidal thickness in relation to sex, axial length, and baseline choroidal thickness in healthy Korean subjects.

Purpose: To investigate diurnal variations in choroidal thickness (CT) in relation to various factors in healthy Korean subjects using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 100 healthy volunteers who each underwent measurements of CT in the same subfoveal area using an enhanced depth imaging technique with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography at 8 AM, 11 AM, 2 PM, and 5 PM. Possible correlations between the diurnal variation of CT and other factors, such as sex, axial length (AL), baseline CT (8 AM), blood pressure, and intraocular pressure, were evaluated.