Detection of macular function changes in early (AREDS 2) and intermediate (AREDS 3) age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Vujosevic, Stela ^a   Smolek, Michael K ^c   Lebow, Kenneth A ^d   Notaroberto, Neil ^e   Pallikaris, Aristophanis ^f   Casciano, Margherita ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b International Microperimetry Reading Centre   (Italy)

^c LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^d Adjunct Faculty   (United States)

^e EyeCare 20/20 ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Functional screening; Fundus perimeter; Retinal fixation; Retinal sensitivity; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 78649786611     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320340     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Bird AC, Bressler NM, Bressler SB, Chisholm IH, Coscas G, Davis MD, de Jong PT, Klaver CC, Klein BE, Klein R, et al: An international classification and grading system for agerelated maculopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Surv Ophthalmol 1995; 39: 367-374.
2. Vingerling JR, Klaver CC, Hofman A, de Jong PT: Epidemiology of age-related maculopathy. Epidemiol Rev 1995; 17: 347-360. (Pubitemid 26096879)
3. Bressler NM, Bressler SB, West SK, Fine SL, Taylor HR: The grading and prevalence of macular degeneration in Chesapeake Bay watermen. Arch Ophthalmol 1989; 107: 847-852. (Pubitemid 19166357)
4. The Age-Related Eye Disease Study Group: The Age-Related Eye Disease Study system for classifying age-related macular degeneration from stereoscopic color fundus photographs. Am J Ophthalmol 2001; 132: 668-681.
5. Smith VC, Pokorny J, Diddie KR: Color matching and the Stiles-Crawford effect in observers with early age-related macular changes. J Opt Soc Am A 1988; 5: 2113-2121.
6. Owsley C, Jackson GR, Cideciyan AV, Huang Y, Fine SL, Ho AC, Maguire MG, Lolley V, Jacobson SG: Psychophysical evidence for rod vulnerability in age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2000; 41: 267-273. (Pubitemid 30036577)
7. Midena E, Segato T, Blarzino MC, Degli Angeli C: Macular drusen and the sensitivity of the central visual field. Doc Ophthalmol 1994; 88: 179-185.
8. Eisner A, Stoumbos VD, Klein ML, Fleming SA: Relations between fundus appearance and function. Eyes whose fellow eye has exudative age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991; 32: 8-20.
9. Steinmetz RL, Haimovici R, Jubb C, Fitzke FW, Bird AC: Symptomatic abnormalities of dark adaptation in patients with age-related Bruch's membrane change. Br J Ophthalmol 1993; 77: 549-554. (Pubitemid 23281451)
10. Midena E, Vujosevic S, Convento E, Manfrè A, Cavarzeran F, Pilotto E: Microperimetry and fundus autofluorescence in patients with early age-related macular degeneration. Br J Ophthalmol 2007; 91: 1499-1503. (Pubitemid 350044055)
11. Neelam K, Nolan J, Chakravarthy U, Beatty S: Psychophysical function in age-related maculopathy. Surv Ophthalmol 2009; 54: 167-210.
12. Owen CG, Fletcher AE, Donoghue M, Rudnicka AR: How big is the burden of visual loss caused by age related macular degeneration in the United Kingdom? Br J Ophthalmol 2003; 87: 312-317. (Pubitemid 36307906)
13. Fujii GY, de Juan E Jr, Sunness J, Humayun MS, Pieramici DJ, Chang TS: Patient selection for macular translocation surgery using the scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Ophthalmology 2002; 109: 1737-1744. (Pubitemid 35006408)
14. Cahill MT, Banks AD, Stinnett SS, Toth CA: Vision-related quality of life in patients with bilateral severe age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology 2005; 112: 152-158. (Pubitemid 40075335)
15. DeCarlo DK, Scilley K, Wells J, Owsley C: Driving habits and health-related quality of life in patients with age-related maculopathy. Optom Vis Sci 2003; 80: 207-213. (Pubitemid 36343245)
16. Lamoureux EL, Hassell JB, Keeffe JE: The determinants of participation in activities of daily living in people with impaired vision. Am J Ophthalmol 2004; 137: 265-270. (Pubitemid 38220998)
17. Stevenson MR, Hart PM, Montgomery AM, McCulloch DW, Chakravarthy U: Reduced vision in older adults with age related macular degeneration interferes with ability to care for self and impairs role as carer. Br J Ophthalmol 2004; 88: 1125-1130. (Pubitemid 39141370)
18. Williams RA, Brody BL, Thomas RG, Kaplan RM, Brown SI: The psychosocial impact of macular degeneration. Arch Ophthalmol 1998; 116: 514-520. (Pubitemid 28169754)
19. Bressler NM, Bressler SB, Seddon JM, Gragoudas ES, Jacobson LP: Drusen characteristics in patients with exudative versus nonexudative age-related macular degeneration. Retina 1988; 8: 109-114.
20. Bressler SB, Maguire MG, Bressler NM, Fine SL: Relationship of drusen and abnormalities of the retinal pigment epithelium to the prognosis of neovascular macular degeneration. The Macular Photocoagulation Study Group. Arch Ophthalmol 1990; 108: 1442-1447. (Pubitemid 20344701)
21. Gregor Z, Bird AC, Chisholm IH: Senile disciform macular degeneration in the second eye. Br J Ophthalmol 1977; 61: 141-147. (Pubitemid 8162904)
22. Vingerling JR, Dielemans I, Hofman A, Grobbee DE, Hijmering M, Kramer CF, de Jong PT: The prevalence of age-related maculopathy in the Rotterdam Study. Ophthalmology 1995; 102: 205-210.
23. Midena E, Degli Angeli C, Blarzino MC, Valenti M, Segato T: Macular function impairment in eyes with early age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1997; 38: 469-477. (Pubitemid 27085704)
24. Remky A, Lichtenberg K, Elsner AE, Arend O: Short wavelength automated perimetry in age related maculopathy. Br J Ophthalmol 2001; 85: 1432-1436. (Pubitemid 34032908)
25. Scholl HP, Bellmann C, Dandekar SS, Bird AC, Fitzke FW: Photopic and scotopic fine matrix mapping of retinal areas of increased fundus autofluorescence in patients with age-related maculopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004; 45: 574-583. (Pubitemid 38140517)
26. Midena E, Vujosevic S, Cavarzeran F, for the Microperimetry Study Group: Normal values for fundus perimetry with the microperimeter MP1. Ophthalmology 2010; 117: 1571-1576, 1576.e1.
27. Chen FK, Patel PJ, Xing W, Bunce C, Egan C, Tufail AT, Coffey PJ, Rubin GS, Da Cruz L: Test-retest variability of microperimetry using the Nidek MP1 in patients with macular disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009; 50: 3464-3472.
28. Weingessel B, Sacu S, Vécsei-Marlovits PV, Weingessel A, Richter-Mueksch S, Schmidt- Erfurth U: Interexaminer and intraexaminer reliability of the microperimeter MP-1. Eye 2009; 23: 1052-1058.