[Comparison of angiofluorography and Heidelberg II retinal tomography of the head of the optic nerve in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma].
OBJECTIVE
This prospective study aims to evaluate how the vascular involvement of the optic disc, emphasised by angiofluorography (AFG), correlates with morphologic lesions observed by Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT) II.


METHODS
AFG (Visucam Zeiss) and HRT II (with Moorfields regression and keratometry) have been performed on the study group -50 pts. with POAG- and in the control group -25 healthy subjects. Correlations have been calculated with Student (t) and Fisher tests. The value of p<0,05 was considered statistically significant.


CONCLUSIONS
The number and size of hypo-fluorescent areas are significantly bigger in POAG pts. than in healthy subjects. They correlate with the involvement of retinal nerve fibers and C/D value. In POAG pts., areas of hypo-fluorescence are located mainly on the excavation's walls and the neuroretinal ring. Localization on the excavation's floor is not pathological, since it was also observed in the control group. The vascular involvement shown by angiofluorography significantly correlates with morphologic lesions observed by HRT II.
Voinea
Liliana
L
Spitalul Clinic Universitar de Urgentţă Bucureşti, Clinica de Oftalmologie Sector 5 Bucureşti.
Ion
Daniela Adriana
DA
Dascălu
Ana Maria
AM
Ungureanu
Emil
E
Panca
Aida
A
Chivu
Răzvan Daniel
RD
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014054:Tomography