2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
10 Glaucoma
Chapter 7: Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Highlights
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Important risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma include age, race, family history, central corneal thickness, myopia, and intraocular pressure (IOP).
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The relationship between blood pressure and open-angle glaucoma is complex; however, lower ocular perfusion pressure (difference between blood pressure and IOP) is a risk factor.
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Open-angle glaucoma can develop across a wide range of IOPs.
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Lowering IOP with medication, laser surgery, or incisional surgery is currently the only means of treating open-angle glaucoma.
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Treatment of ocular hypertension reduces the risk of progression to glaucoma.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.