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Ocular perfusion pressures in different types of glaucoma

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It is widely accepted that a disturbed blood supply of the optic disc may cause (in addition with an increased intraocular pressure) optic nerve fibre damage. Therefore we measured ocular perfusion pressures in 79 healthy subjects. In 18 patients with low tension glaucoma, in 27 patients suffering from ocular hypertension and in 49 glaucoma (OAG) patients. For measuring perfusion pressures we used the technique of oculooscillo-dynamography (OODG) as described by Ulrich. Additionally we measured intraocular pressure and systemic blood pressure. In OODG the IOP is simultaneously increased in both eyes by application of a suction cup. After increase of the IOP the negative pressure in the suction cup is slowly and linearly decreased. During this decrease the pulse-depending oscillations of each eye are recorded on a strip-chart-recorder. By means of this method retinal and ciliary perfusion pressures can be separated. As a result we could show that mean arterial blood pressure and systolic retinal perfusion pressure were comparable and not statistically significantly different between the groups examined. The systolic ocular perfusion pressures in patients with low tension glaucoma showed a highly statistically significant reduction compared with the other groups. Between healthy subjects, OAG-patients and patients suffering from ocular hypertension there was no difference in systolic ciliary perfusion pressure detectable.

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    L. E. Pillunat M.D., R. Stodtmeister, R. Marquardt & A. Mattern

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Pillunat, L.E., Stodtmeister, R., Marquardt, R. et al. Ocular perfusion pressures in different types of glaucoma. Int Ophthalmol 13, 37–42 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02028635

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