[Importance of ocular blood flow in glaucoma].
BACKGROUND
The vascular factor is becoming increasingly important in the pathogenesis of primary open-angle glaucoma. Ocular hypotonia, which is indubitably a risk factor in the development of glaucoma, cannot be regarded as the sole pathogenic factor. Clinical experience leaves no doubt that some patients tolerate a high IOP for prolonged periods of time without ocular damage. In others, however, severe glaucoma-related lesions result from slight hypertonia or critically low pressure.


METHODS
The authors analyze the general factors which influence ocular blood flow and increase the deleterious effect of ocular hypertonia, and report results relating to the hemodynamic status of a group of glaucoma patients prior to and after one year of therapy with beta-blockers. The results are analyzed and discussed.
Boles Carenini
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Clinica Oculistica dell'Universita' di Torino.
Brogliatti
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B
Boles Carenini
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Sibour
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D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000295:instrumentation
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D010277:Parasympathomimetics
Die Wichtigkeit des Augenblutflusses beim Glaukom.