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Relationship Between Optic Nerve Head Microcirculation and Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma by Kiyoshi Yaoeda; Motohiro Shirakashi; Atsushi Fukushima; Shigeo Funaki; Haruko Funaki; Haruki Abe; Naohito Tanabe is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract. **Purpose:** To study the relationship between optic nerve head blood flow velocity and visual field loss in patients with primary open‐angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal tension glaucoma (NTG). **Methods:** This study included 44 eyes of 44 patients with POAG and 44 eyes of 44 patients with NTG. To evaluate optic nerve head blood flow velocity, the square blur rate (SBR) was measured by means of laser speckle flowgraphy. The correlation between SBR and Humphrey visual field indices was evaluated with linear regression analysis. **Results:** In the NTG group, the average SBR at the superior and inferior temporal neuroretinal rim was positively correlated with mean deviation (MD) (__r__ = 0.349, p = 0.020). The SBR at the superior or inferior temporal neuroretinal rim was positively correlated with the sum of the total deviations in the corresponding hemifields (__r__ = 0.299, p = 0.049; __r__ = 0.354, p = 0.019, respectively). The correlations between SBR and MD did not differ statistically between the NTG and POAG groups; however, no significant correlation between SBR and visual field indices was observed in the POAG group. **Conclusion:** These results suggested that
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- Author
- Kiyoshi Yaoeda; Motohiro Shirakashi; Atsushi Fukushima; Shigeo Funaki; Haruko Funaki; Haruki Abe; Naohito Tanabe
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1395-3907)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)