TY - JOUR T1 - Highlights from this issue JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - i LP - i DO - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309312 VL - 100 IS - 8 AU - Keith Barton AU - James Chodosh AU - Jost Jonas Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/100/8/i.abstract N2 - Semoun et al (see page 1028)In a retrospective descriptive study of 30 patients, en face OCT imaging using SD-OCT was observed to be an easy, reproducible and non-invasive tool to visualise and to understand retinal and choroidal changes in PCV.Kim et al (see page 1035)In an observational, comparative study of 134 patients with idiopathic ERM and 63 healthy controls, temporal peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness was significantly greater, especially when the ERM extended into the peripapillary area.Gopinath et al (see page 1041)Metabolic syndrome is independently associated with narrower retinal arterioles among those at high risk of CAD. This may reflect the influence of elevated blood pressure, obesity, and dyslipidemia, a process possibly mediated by endothelial dysfunction.Liakopoulos et al (see page 1047)In a case-control study of 622 individuals, extramacular drusen are highly associated with age-related macular degeneration, but not with the Complement Factor H or Age-related Macular Degeneration Susceptible 2 genotypes. Subjects with solitary presence of extramacular drusen may serve as controls in studies evaluating age-related macular degeneration risk factors.Frenkel et al (see page 1052)In … ER -