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Abstract #8122 Published in IGR 4-3
Status of the cardiovascular system in patients with normal pressure glaucoma
Tarasova LN; Grigor'eva E; Abaimov MA; Andronova OAVestnik Oftalmologii 2002; 118: 32-34
Twenty patients with normal pressure glaucoma (NPD) were examined. Concomitant cardiovascular diseases were diagnosed in 19 (95%) of them. Echocardioscopy with color mapping showed various diseases with left-ventricular dysfunction in eight examinees. Dopplerography of orbital vessels showed a significant decrease of blood flow velocity in the orbital artery and increased peripheral resistance indexes in the orbital and central retinal arteries in 20 NPD patients, in comparison to healthy controls (p < 0.05, p < 0.01). Atherosclerotic involvement of the internal carotid artery was detected in 15 of 20 patients, in four of these with hemodynamically significant sclerosis of more than 50%. The contribution of cardiovascular disease to decrease of orbital blood flow is discussed. LA: Russian
Classification:
9.2.4 Normal pressure glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.2 Primary open angle glaucomas)