Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: definition, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management

CMG Cheung, TYY Lai, P Ruamviboonsuk, SJ Chen… - Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is an age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
subtype and is seen particularly in Asians. Previous studies have suggested disparity in …

Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: evidence-based guidelines for clinical diagnosis and treatment

AHC Koh, LJ Chen, SJ Chen, Y Chen, A Giridhar, T Iida… - Retina, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is an exudative maculopathy
affecting vision, with clinical features distinct from neovascular age-related macular …

Efficacy and safety of ranibizumab with or without verteporfin photodynamic therapy for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: a randomized clinical trial

A Koh, TYY Lai, K Takahashi, TY Wong… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a common subtype of exudative age-
related macular degeneration among Asian individuals. To our knowledge, there are no …

Pachychoroid spectrum disease

S Borooah, PY Sim, S Phatak, G Moraes… - Acta …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent improvements in ophthalmic imaging have led to the identification of a thickened
choroid or pachychoroid to be associated with a number of retinal diseases. The number of …

EVEREST study report 2: imaging and grading protocol, and baseline characteristics of a randomised controlled trial of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

CS Tan, WK Ngo, JP Chen, NW Tan, TH Lim… - British Journal of …, 2015 - bjo.bmj.com
Purpose To describe the imaging standards, grading protocol and baseline characteristics of
polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) from the EVEREST study. Methods In a …

Optical coherence tomography angiography of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and polypoidal choroidal neovascularization

M Inoue, C Balaratnasingam, KB Freund - Retina, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To describe the use of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) for
evaluating the spectrum of polypoidal vascular diseases. Methods: Retrospective …

Increased expression of multifunctional serine protease, HTRA1, in retinal pigment epithelium induces polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in mice

A Jones, S Kumar, N Zhang, Z Tong… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in
the elderly. Wet AMD includes typical choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and polypoidal …

Characteristics of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy evaluated by optical coherence tomography angiography

T Tomiyasu, M Nozaki, M Yoshida… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2016 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the angiographic findings of polypoidal
choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) detected by indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) and en …

Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: clinical features and genetic predisposition

S Honda, W Matsumiya, A Negi - Ophthalmologica, 2014 - karger.com
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is currently recognized as a phenotype of age-
related macular degeneration (AMD). PCV is believed to be a type of choroidal …

A novel classification of the vascular patterns of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and its relation to clinical outcomes

CSH Tan, WK Ngo, LW Lim, TH Lim - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 - bjo.bmj.com
Purpose To propose a novel classification system for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
(PCV), and compare the clinical outcomes among PCV subtypes. Methods Consecutive …