Ocular blood flow responses to pathology of the carotid and cerebral circulations.
The eye and the brain are hemodynamically linked by the carotid artery and the autonomic nervous system. A number of case reports are presented that show hemodynamic increase or decrease in the eye secondary to independently proven pathological changes in the carotid, the brain, sympathetic nervous system, and the heart.
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Ann Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002302:Cardiac Output; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged