Color doppler imaging in glaucoma patients with asymmetric visual field loss
Articles > Article · 2000
Authors: HALİL ATEŞ, Önder ÜRETMEN, REFİK KİLLİ, Cezmi AKKIN, KUTAY ANDAÇ
Annals of Ophthalmology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, Scopus, 2000, vol 32, pp 123-126
DOI: 10.1007/s12009-000-0031-4
Summary
With color Doppler imaging, we attempted to determine whether glaucoma patients with asymmetric visual field losses had evidence of asymmetric blood flow velocities in the central retinal artery despite similar intraocular pressure (IOP) curves in both eyes. We found that eyes with more severe visual field damage had an increased local resistance to blood flow in the central retinal artery. Thus vascular factors might have important roles in the pathogenesis of primary open-angle glaucoma.