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FIVE-YEAR INCIDENCE OF FELLOW EYE NEOVASCULAR INVOLVEMENT IN AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AND POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY IN AN ASIAN POPULATION.

Kelvin Yi Chong TeoChinmayi VyasChristopher SunKai Xiong CheongUsha Chakravarthy
Published in: Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2023)
The 5-year incidence of fellow eye involvement in Asian nAMD is lower than among Caucasians because of a higher polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy prevalence. Drusens, shallow irregular retinal pigment epithelium elevation, and pigment epithelial detachment are risk factors for fellow eye progression.
Keyphrases
  • age related macular degeneration
  • risk factors
  • optical coherence tomography