Ocular Blood Flow and Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy

• Main Authors: Mozaffarieh, Maneli (Author), Flammer, Josef (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

It has been suspected since more than a century that disturbed ocular blood flow (OBF) may play a role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. Reduced OBF has been measured in glaucoma patients by numberless centres with different techniques in different tissues of the eye. And reduced OBF has been proven...

Table of Contents:

• Basic sciences relevant to glaucoma
• What is glaucoma?
• Risk factors for glaucoma
• Regulation of ocular blood flow
• Vascular dysregulation syndrome
• Reperfusion damage
• Pathogenesis of glaucomatous optic neuropathy
• Treatment strategies.