Table 1
Ophthalmic artery flow velocity and pulsatility index (PI) in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis and a control group
| Case | Age/sex | Eye | Vmax | Vmin (cm/s) | Vmean | PI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34/M | R | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1.00 | ||
| L | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0.55 | ||||
| 2 | 75/F | R | 19 | 4 | 12 | 1.25 | ||
| L | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1.30 | ||||
| Control | 58.6 | 34.4 | 9.0 | 18.0 | 1.46 | |||
| +10.0 | +6.7 | +2.3 | +3.9 | +0.26 | ||||
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↵The control group comprises 12 eyes of 12 patients with no ocular or carotid artery disease. The flow velocity and PI values were averaged accordingly.
