Evaluation of Fundus Blood Flow in Normal Individuals and Patients with Internal Carotid Artery Obstruction Using Laser Speckle Flowgraphy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We investigated whether laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) results are comparable in both eyes and whether it is useful in the diagnosis of disparity in ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) patients.

Methods

We compared the mean blur rate (MBR) value for various fundus regions in both eyes of 41 healthy subjects and 15 internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO) cases. We calculated the standard value of the Laterality Index (LI), which was the MBR comparison of both eyes in each of the regions, in the control subjects. We then investigated the correlation between both eyes for the LIs in the entire fundus, the degree of ICAO and visual function.

Results

The disparity of the LIs in both eyes was least in the entire area of the fundus in control subjects and there was a si

SUBMITTER: Shinohara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5215808 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature