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INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND COMMON CAROTID OCCLUSION
Author(s) -
BEST MILTON,
POLA RAFAEL,
GALIN MILES A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1972.tb05973.x
Subject(s) - medicine , occlusion , intraocular pressure , cardiology , blood pressure , vascular occlusion , vascular disease , ophthalmology
A semilogarithmic relationship has been established between changes in intraocular pressure and ocular vascular volume after acute common carotid occlusion. This relationship has been used to derive a series of equations that relate the ocular blood volume change after acute common carotid occlusion and the resultant pressure changes in the intraocular vascular compartment by a theoretical constant termed the coefficient of vascular rigidity and a variable, P co , that reflects the pressure dynamics in the carotid system after acute carotid occlusion. A method for estimating P co in patients using multiple weight carotid compression tonography is described. P co was found to vary from normal values in patients with chronic cerebrovascular disease.