Should Men and Women be Managed Differently in Glaucoma?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To assess differences in associations of ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) as well as retinal and retrobulbar blood flow between men and women with primary open angle glaucoma (OAG).

Methods

A total of 116 patients with OAG (age 66.9 ± 10.9 years, 70 females) participating in the Indianapolis Glaucoma Progression Study were assessed for OPP, retinal microcirculation, and retrobulbar blood flow. Confocal scanning laser Doppler flowmetry measured peripapillary retinal capillary blood flow. Color Doppler imaging measured peak systolic (PSV) and diastolic blood flow velocities and vascular resistance in the ophthalmic (OA), central retinal (CRA), and nasal and temporal short posterior ciliary arteries (N/T PCA). Bivariate Spearman correlation and multivariate linear r

SUBMITTER: Tobe LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4108137 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature