The impact of glaucoma medication on parameters of ocular perfusion

Sleep Apnea and Glaucoma – Greater Risk for Blacks?

“…This finding corroborates existing epidemiologic and clinical studies, evidencing that intraocular pressure may not be the only etiological factor in glaucoma [59]. Accumulating evidence points to ocular ischemia as a major factor as well [60]. Indeed, low perfusion pressure constitutes a significant risk factor for open-angle glaucoma, and most clinical studies comparing healthy and glaucoma patients demonstrate a reduction in perfusion pressure among the latter [50].…”

Color Doppler imaging in ocular hypertension and open-angle glaucoma

“…Our study had controlled factors, which are known to affect ocular blood-flow velocity, such as intraocular pressure [5,11,14], age [31], systemic blood pressure [31], and anti-glaucoma medications [10]; therefore, we hoped to eliminate the effect of these variables and to give a more useful comparison between glaucoma and ocular hypertensive patients. We also included an agematched control group in this study to be able to compare both ocular hypertensive and glaucoma patients with normal subjects.…”

Ocular Blood Flow and Systemic Blood Pressure in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension

“…A large number of clinical studies have been performed to clarify this issue by using different techniques for the assessment of ocular blood flow, and these studies have yielded partially contradictory results. 2 However, all previously published studies are limited by the small number of patients included.…”