title: Therapeutic strategies for normal-tension glaucoma.
abstract: Treatment of normal-tension glaucoma has been a subject of debate for several years. Glaucomatous damage cannot be influenced directly, and current treatment modalities in normal-tension glaucoma are aimed at the control of risk factors. Intraocular pressure is a widely accepted risk factor and its reduction can improve the prognosis in normal-tension glaucoma patients. The repeated demonstration of the importance of hemodynamic factors in normal-tension glaucoma has, however, not been paralleled by a comparable progress in the development of therapeutic modalities capable of influencing favorably ocular blood flow. Today, calcium channel blockers seem to be the most promising adjunctive treatment to be considered in patients with glaucomatous optic neuropathy without increased intraocular pressure.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Clinic, Basel, Switzerland. sorguel@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orgul
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zawinka
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gugleta
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flammer
mesh_terms: D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D012307:Risk Factors