[Ocular blood flow in glaucoma].

Abstract

In clinical practice, the vascular factor seems to be essential in glaucoma. Nevertheless, the various studies investigating the relations between the changes in ocular blood flow and risk of glaucoma often have diverse and contradictory conclusions. The variety of the methods in studies on ocular blood flow, the absence of a reference examination, and the absence of large clinical studies probably explain the problems bringing to light an indisputable relation. However, it remains essential, in any glaucoma, to look for and treat the vascular risk factor and most particularly to decrease intraocular pressure, the treatment that currently remains the most reliable to improve ocular blood flow.

• Authors: H Bresson-Dumont, F Aptel
• Journal: Journal francais d'ophtalmologie (J Fr Ophtalmol) Vol. 34 Issue 6 Pg. 413-5 (Jun 2011) ISSN: 1773-0597 [Electronic] France
• Vernacular Title: Le flux sanguin oculaire dans le glaucome.
• PMID: 21570150 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Antihypertensive Agents

Topics

• Antihypertensive Agents (therapeutic use)
• Blood Pressure (physiology)
• Disease Progression
• Eye (blood supply)
• Glaucoma (physiopathology)
• Humans
• Intraocular Pressure (physiology)
• Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
• Ophthalmic Artery (anatomy & histology, physiology)
• Optic Nerve (blood supply)
• Regional Blood Flow (physiology)
• Risk Factors
• Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color