[Papillary hemodynamics in patients with normal pressure glaucoma and hemorrhage of the optic papilla circumference].
BACKGROUND
Optic disc hemorrhages in patients with normal-pressure glaucoma (NPG) are usually regarded as a sign of vascular dysfunction and as an indicator for glaucoma damage progression.


METHODS
Optic nerve head blood flow was measured in 21 patients suffering from NPG with acute optic disc hemorrhages by scanning laser Doppler flowmetry at various locations of the optic disc. Intraocular pressure and mean deviation of the visual field were also monitored. Two groups served as control: 21 patients with NPG matched for age, sex, and stage of the disease and in addition the contralateral eye without any hemorrhages.


RESULTS
Optic nerve head blood flow as a mean of several locations was significantly lower in eyes with optic disc hemorrhages than in controls and differed significantly from the contralateral eye.


CONCLUSIONS
Optic nerve blood flow was lower in NPG eyes with optic disc hemorrhages than in the contralateral eye and in controls.
Pillunat
L E
LE
Universitäts-Augenklinik Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg.
Böhm
A G
AG
Bernd
A S
AS
Köller
A U
AU
Müller
M F
MF
D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000503:physiopathology; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012016:Reference Values; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology