Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow Study: Decreases in Exudative Age Related Macular Degeneration

Overview

Journal Br J Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2001 Apr 24

PMID 11316708

Citations 19

Authors

F Mori

S Konno

T Hikichi

Y Yamaguchi

S Ishiko

A Yoshida

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Abstract

Background: Pulsatile ocular blood flow (POBF) is a parameter for evaluating choroidal blood flow. POBF in the patients with non-exudative and exudative age related macular degeneration (AMD) was investigated.

Methods: POBF, pulse amplitude (PA), systolic and diastolic blood pressures, intraocular pressure (IOP), refractive error, and axial length were compared among 10 patients with non-exudative AMD, 11 patients with exudative AMD, and 69 age matched controls. A Langham OBF computerised tonometer was used with the participants in the sitting position to measure POBF and PA.

Results: No significant differences were found in age, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, IOP, or refractive error between patients with exudative and non-exudative AMD and the control subjects. In the patients with exudative AMD the POBF (median, 372.7 microl/min) and PA (median, 1.2 mm Hg) were significantly lower than in the patients with non-exudative AMD (median, 607.0 microl/min (p = 0.02) and 2.2 mm Hg (p = 0.04), respectively) and control subjects (median, 547.4 microl/min (p = 0.01) and 2.0 mm Hg (p = 0.01), respectively).

Conclusions: These data show that the POBF and PA in the patients with exudative AMD are lower than in the patients with non-exudative AMD and normal subjects. Decreased choroidal blood flow may have a role in the development of choroidal neovascularisation in AMD.

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