Short-wavelength automated perimetry and neuroretinal rim area

PURPOSE. TO determine the correlation between neuroretinal rim area and fun ctional losses detected by short-wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP) in a population of patients with suspected glaucoma. METHODS. Forty-two eyes of 42 ocular hypertensive subjects who met the sele ction criteria (intraocular pressure greater than 21 mm of Hg and normal co nventional visual fields) were studied. A planimetric optic nerve head stud y was performed, determining the total and sectorized neuroretinal rim area s. SWAP was also done, with a modified Humphrey field analyzer. RESULTS. There were no significant correlations between the neuroretinal ri m areas and the global perimetric parameters. However, the correlations bet ween the inferotemporal neuroretinal rim area and some superonasal visual f ield regions (areas 3 and 4) were significant. CONCLUSIONS. There is a relation in the topography of some visual field are as assessed by SWAP and the inferotemporal neuroretinal rim area, which may play a role in the diagnosis and follow-up of suspected glaucoma.