title: Assessment of the spontaneous pulsations of the central retinal vein in daily ophthalmic practice.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess the frequency of eyes with a spontaneous pulsation of the central retinal vein in the setting of a busy daily ophthalmic practice. The clinical observational case-series study included 690 eyes (345 subjects). The optic disc was ophthalmoscopically assessed using a non-contact ophthalmoscopic lens at the slit lamp. Out of the study population, 526 eyes (76.2%) of 265 (76.8%) subjects showed a detected spontaneous pulsation of the central retinal vein (prevalence rate: 76.2 +/- 1.6% [mean +/- standard error] per eye, and 76.8 +/- 2.3% per subject). In univariate analysis, the presence of a detected spontaneous central retinal vein pulsations was statistically associated with systolic systemic blood pressure (P = 0.04) and with the ocular perfusion pressure (P = 0.03). The results suggest that as examined in the setting of a busy daily ophthalmic practice, the central retinal vein was found to show a spontaneous pulsation in about 80% of the subjects.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Legler
authors.forename: Jost B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jonas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009884:Ophthalmodynamometry; D009885:Ophthalmology; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D011364:Professional Practice; D011674:Pulse; D012169:Retinal Vein / Q000503:physiopathology*