Influencing ocular blood flow in glaucoma patients: the cardiovascular system and healthy lifestyle choices.
The cardiovascular system and lifestyle choices play important roles in influencing ocular blood flow regulation in patients with glaucoma. This includes the presence of vascular risk factors, abnormal autoregulatory responses, tissue oxygenation, and mitochondrial oxidative stress. Based on this comprehensive review, novel therapeutic approaches may be considered in selected patients for preventing and (or) delaying the progression of glaucoma.
Tsai
James C
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Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Eye Center, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. james.tsai@yale.edu
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002319:Cardiovascular System; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008019:Life Style; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology