Observational analysis links blood pressure to intraocular pressure in glaucoma, indicating new diagnostic potential.
Papillary microcirculation is important in the pathogenesis of glaucomatous optic atrophy. The balance between flow and no‐flow in the juxtapapillary capillaries and those of the optic nerve head is fine, and is upset by deviations in blood pressure. Intraocular pressures (IOP) of 259 subjects (not under the influence of systemic nor topical medication) were statistically compared with their systemic blood pressures (BP) and an expression relating IOP and BP derived.
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