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ReviewVision (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NA-AION): A Comprehensive Overview.

Maria Letizia Salvetat, Francesco Pellegrini, Leopoldo Spadea, Carlo Salati, Marco Zeppieri

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Review in Vision (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Letizia SalvetatDepartment of Ophthalmology, Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale, 33170 Pordenone, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6566-1075
Francesco PellegriniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale, 33170 Pordenone, Italy.
Leopoldo SpadeaEye Clinic, Policlinico Umberto I, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00142 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1190-3956
Carlo SalatiDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Marco ZeppieriDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0999-5545
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara · ITUniversity of Udine · ITPoliclinico Umberto I · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) represents one of the most important causes of blindness or severely impaired vision in middle-aged and elderly people. Unilateral optic disc edema and abrupt, painless vision loss are its defining features. It is commonly assumed that NA-AION is caused by an ischemic infarction of the optic nerve head, and, although the exact pathogenesis is still unknown, several risk factors and comorbidities associated with its development have been found. NA-AION occurs generally in patients older than 50 years who have small optic discs and vasculopathy risk factors. Even though numerous treatment options have been proposed, no available effective medical or surgical therapy or prophylactic measure for NA-AION currently exists. The purpose of present-day therapeutic strategies is therefore to identify and possibly control any underlying modifiable risk factors, aiming to prevent the development of new NA-AION episodes in the affected and fellow eye. A thorough assessment of NAION, including its history, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, associated comorbidities, clinical findings, diagnostic tests, treatment choices, prognosis, and future research, is the goal of this work.

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ischemic optic neuropathy (ION)NA-AION pathophysiologyNA-AION risk factorsNA-AION treatment optionsnon-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION)

Identifiers

PMID37987292
PMCPMC10661278
OpenAlexW4388523165

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