title: [Blood flow in eye arteries assessed by Doppler ultrasound in patients with myopia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess blood flow in eye arteries using ultrasounds in patients with myopia, and to correlate the blood flow with refractive error.
  
  
  METHODS
  Doppler ultrasonography was performed in 38 patients, age 31-50 years old, with myopia ranging from -2.0 to -25.0 D. Control group consisted of age matched emmetropic patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant decrease of Vs correlated to the value of refractive error was shown.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In myopic eyes blood flow decreases with the increase of the refractive error.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Okulistyki z Zakładem Patofizjologii Narzadu Wzroku Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karczewicz
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modrzejewska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019842:Ciliary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler