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Ocular Blood Flow in Glaucoma : the 6th Consensus Report of the World Glaucoma Association /

This is the sixth World Glaucoma Association Consensus. The relationship between ocular blood flow and glaucoma has been discussed for more than a century, and still it uniformly fuels debates at glaucoma meetings throughout the world. Clearly, the results of this report will have broad and signific...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Glaucoma Association
Otros Autores: Weinreb, Robert N., 1949-, Harris, Alon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Gilsum, NH : Kugler Publications ; Distributors for the USA and Canada, Pathway Book Service, ©2009.
Colección:Consensus series (World Glaucoma Association) ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE; WELCOME; ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Louis Pasquale, Jost Jonas, Douglas Anderson; Anatomy of blood from the heart to the eye; Blood supply of the optic nerve; Overview of blood flow regulation in general; The mediators of autoregulation; The anatomic underpinning of ocular blood flow control; The ocular vasculature and its role in regulating blood flow to the optic nerve and; CLINICAL MEASUREMENT OF OCULAR BLOOD FLOW Alon Harris, Ingrida Januleviciene, Brent Siesky, Leo Schmetterer, Larry Kageman, Ingeborg Stalmans, Ali Hafez, Makoto Araie, Chris Hudson, John Flanagan, Sub
  • Color Doppler ImagingLaser Doppler Flowmetry and Scanning Laser Flowmetry; Retinal Vessel Analyzer; Blue Field Entoptic Stimulation; Laser Interferometric Measurement of Fundus Pulsation; Dynamic Contour Tonometry and Ocular Pulse Amplitude; Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow (POBF) Analyzer; Laser Speckle Method (Laser Speckle Flowgraphy); Digital Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope Angiography; Bi-directional Laser Doppler Velocimetry and Simultaneous Vessel; Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography; Retinal Oximetry; CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF; What is the evidence supporting a role for ocular blood flow
  • Clinical evidence derived from different measurement parameters1.C Evidence from experimental animal studies; What disease mechanisms lead to impaired blood flow in glaucoma?; Ocular versus systemic causes; Systemic factors; Vascular dysregulation/perfusion instability; What is the impact of medication and other modifiable factors on; IOP-lowering topical medication; Systemic drugs; Ocular surgery, exercise; Does modulation of blood flow alter glaucoma progression?; 4. Glaucoma and systemic vascular disease; Systemic disease and glaucoma patients; Diabetes; Cardiovascular diseases
  • SHOULD MEASUREMENTS OF OCULAR BLOODInterpreting clinical studies; WHAT DO WE STILL NEED TO KNOW? Alon Harris, Felipe Medeiros, Rita Ehrlich, Vital Costa, Brent Siesky, Ingrida Januleviciene, Claude Burgoyne; Ocular blood flow and visual function in glaucoma patients; Ocular perfusion pressure and prevalence and progression of glaucoma; Ocular blood flow and optic nerve head structure; The relationship between intraocular pressure and ocular blood flow; The relationship between cerebrospinal fluid pressure and glaucoma; Future research; SUMMARY CONSENSUS POINTS; INDEX OF AUTHORS