OBJECTIVES The retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-related orphan receptor α gene (RORA) is implicated as a candidate for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through a previous microarray expression study, linkage data, biological plausibility, and 2 clinic-based cross-sectional studies. We aimed to determine if common variants in RORA predict future risk of neovascular AMD. METHODS We measured g...

PURPOSE Evaluation of a large series of choroidal nevi inducing the formation of a neovascular membrane in order to more clearly define the clinical presentation and to evaluate the efficacy of various treatment options. METHOD Retrospective study of 22 clinical cases. RESULTS All nevi were situated in the posterior choroid. They had a mean diameter of 3.8 mm and a mean thickness of 1.4 mm....

Rationale. Neovascular glaucoma is the type of glaucoma most refractory to treatment. The most frequent causes are those associated with retinal hypoxia, such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, central retinal arterial occlusion, ischemic ocular syndrome etc. Rare causes of neovascular glaucoma are multiple and are due to VEGF s...

Purpose To investigate the potential of optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography to detect and quantify the neovascular network in exudative AMD. Methods Treatment-naïve eyes that were diagnosed with exudative AMD were prospectively examined by OCT angiography (OCT-A). The extent of the neovascular network was measured by three independent readers. Interclass-correlation coefficient and...

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) are leading causes of irreversible blindness in developed countries. In this study, we investigated the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade G, member 1 (SERPING1) gene with neovascular AMD and PCV. Two haplotype-tagging SNPs, rs1005510 and rs1...

Pachychoroid neovasculopathy is a recently proposed clinical entity of choroidal neovascularization (CNV). As it often masquerades as neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), it is currently controversial whether pachychoroid neovasculopathy should be distinguished from neovascular AMD. This is because its characteristics have yet to be well described. To estimate the relative preval...

PURPOSE To estimate the number of treatable eyes with neovascular subfoveal age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) in France. METHODS A literature search for studies documenting neovascular ARMD incidence rates and direct standardization according to age and gender were performed. Projection to the year 2025 was based on OECD (Organization for Economic and Co-operation Development) data. A c...

PURPOSE This study was designed to compare visual acuity after laser photocoagulation with visual acuity after surgical excision of the subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS We studied 54 patients (56 eyes) who underwent laser photocoagulation and 52 patients (52 eyes) who underwent surgical excision for new subfoveal choroid...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the quality of referrals to a neovascular age-related macular degeneration clinic from optometrists using the standard Rapid Access Referral Form (RARF) from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. DESIGN A prospective study. Prospective data were gathered from all optometry referrals using the RARF, between the periods of December 2006 to August 2009. These were assesse...