The reason for the observed clinical picture (Radius-Maumenee syndrome) and haemodynamic improvement after reduction of the intraocular pressure is not clear. We outline a hypothesis involving an increase of the vascular resistance in the vortex veins and the superior ophthalmic vein with a shift in local blood volume and vascular pressure due to high intraocular pressure.
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