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Central retinal artery and vein collapse pressure in eyes with chronic open angle glaucoma
Abstract
Aims: To determine central retinal vessel collapse pressure in chronic open angle glaucoma.
Methods: For 19 eyes with chronic open angle glaucoma and 27 eyes of a control group, central retinal vessel collapse pressure was measured by a Goldmann contact lens fitted with a pressure sensor in its holding grip.
Results: Central retinal vein collapse pressure was significantly (p=0.001) higher in the glaucoma group than in the control group (26.1 (SD 26.4) relative units versus 6.1 (8.4) relative units).
Conclusions: Measured by a new ophthalmodynamometer, central retinal vein collapse pressure measurements may be abnormally high in eyes with chronic open angle glaucoma.
- retinal vasculature
- retinal blood flow
- glaucoma posterior segment
- optic nerve head
- optic disc
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