Relationship between optic nerve head microcirculation and visual field loss in glaucoma

• DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00073.x
• Publication Date: 2003-05-29T07:58:33Z
• Authors: Kiyoshi Yaoeda; Motohiro Shirakashi; Atsushi Fukushima; Shigeo Funaki; Haruko Funaki; Haruki Abe; Naohito Tanabe
• Keywords: Normal tension glaucoma; Absolute deviation

To study the relationship between optic nerve head blood flow velocity and visual field loss in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) normal tension (NTG).This included 44 eyes of POAG NTG. evaluate velocity, square blur rate (SBR) was measured by means laser speckle flowgraphy. The correlation SBR Humphrey indices evaluated linear regression analysis.In NTG group, average at superior inferior temporal neuroretinal rim positively correlated mean deviation (MD) (r = 0.349, p 0.020). or sum total deviations corresponding hemifields 0.299, 0.049; r 0.354, 0.019, respectively). correlations MD did not differ statistically groups; however, no significant observed group.These results suggested that change circulation may be related to damage group but less involved group.