The Place of Ophthalmodynamometry in the Investigation of Cerebrovascular Disease

Interpretation of results of compression ophthalmodynamometry.

“…The literature contains only a few reports of abnormal retinal artery pressures with normal carotid arteries. [5][6][7] It is useful to know the incidence of false-positive findings in pa tients because all signs and symptoms of carotid occlu sive disease are important in making diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. Thus, we undertook an evaluation of retinal artery pressures to identify the incidence of false-positive readings in a group of 100 patients who underwent carotid angiography solely for the evaluation of carotid artery occlusive disease.…”

Direct Thermometry, Ophthalmodynamometry, Auscultation and Palpation in Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease: An Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Methods

“…3 ODM measurements were made after the method outlined by Liversedge and Smith. 7 All patients were in the erect sitting position. A majority of the measurements were made by two of the authors (M.R.…”

“…However, the speed of the DT method, an average study requiring eight minutes, and its initial low equipment costs might render it more practicable as a screening method than T. 8 As a result of Austin and Sajid's 8 promising results with DT, a study was undertaken to further evaluate this technique and compare its sensitivity and accuracy to other well-established diagnostic methods which can be performed rapidly in the clinic or at the patient's bedside. The other diagnostic techniques included in this study were ophthalmodynamometry (ODM), 7 -9 cervical auscultation for the presence of bruits (B), 1011 and cervical palpation for the presence of pulse deficits (P).…”

Assessment of directional Doppler ultrasound techniques in the diagnosis of carotid artery diseases.

“…For these reasons the development of non-invasive techniques that can detect lesions in the vessels supplying the affected cerebral hemisphere has been pursued. These include ophthalmodynamometry (Liversedge and Smith, 1961), thermography (Wood, 1965), carotid phonoangiography (Duncan et al, 1975), ocular plethysmography (Gee et al, 1974), and radioisotope cerebral perfusion (Weissman et al, 1975).…”