June 2013
Volume 54, Issue 15
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2013
Correlation between keratoconus progression and two cornea topometric parameters: the regularity of the pachymetric map (RPM) and the Index of height decentration (IHD)
George Asimellis; Ioanna Kontari; A. John Kanellopoulos
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • George Asimellis
    Research, LaserVision.gr Eye Institute, Athens, Greece
  • Ioanna Kontari
    Research, LaserVision.gr Eye Institute, Athens, Greece
  • A. John Kanellopoulos
    Research, LaserVision.gr Eye Institute, Athens, Greece
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships George Asimellis, None; Ioanna Kontari, None; A. John Kanellopoulos, Alcon Laboratories, Inc. (C), Avedro (C), Bausch and Lomb (C), Ocular Therapeutix (C)
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2013, Vol.54, 5296. doi:
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      George Asimellis, Ioanna Kontari, A. John Kanellopoulos; Correlation between keratoconus progression and two cornea topometric parameters: the regularity of the pachymetric map (RPM) and the Index of height decentration (IHD). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):5296.

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Abstract

Purpose: to determine the specificity and sensitivity of keratoconus progression measured with these two parameters the regularity of the pachymetric map (RPM) and the Index of height decentration (IHD).

Methods: Sequential topometric measurements spaced by six months, utilizing the Pentacam device (Scheimpflug imaging) were conducted in 100 keratoconic eyes. The indices RPM and IHD were correlated with keratometry, UDVA, CDVA and minimal pachymetry with 6 years follow-up.

Results: Distortion of the RPM and increase of the IHD appeared to be the first markers of KCN progression in all cases, preceding by an average of 18 (± 4.5) months the UDVA, CDVA and keratometric changes of over 1 diopter.

Conclusions: Monitoring RPM and IHD may be a useful earlier diagnostic tool for ectasia progression and postoperative LASIK stability. It may serve as a new definition of ectasia progression.

Keywords: 574 keratoconus • 677 refractive error development • 733 topography  
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