Spontaneous venous pulsations should be monitored during glaucoma therapy
- Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Correspondence to: Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Maumenee 517, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-9237, USA; cparsa{at}jhmi.edu
- Accepted 21 August 2001
It is well established that lowering intraocular pressure slows or halts progression of glaucoma. None the less, changes in intracranial pressure also affect the pressure gradient across the lamina cribrosa. Normal intraocular pressures combined with low intracranial pressures produce the same pressure differential across the laminae as elevated intraocular pressures in conjunction with normal intracranial pressures.1–3 Failing to …
