Evaluation of Retinal Circulation Times in Branch Retinal Vein Occlusions with Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope.
- Author:
Gumin KANG
1
;
Jae Heung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Branch retinal vein occlusion(BRVO);
Retinal circulation times;
Scanning laser ophthalmoscope(SIO)
- MeSH:
Capillaries;
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Macular Edema;
Ophthalmoscopes*;
Retinal Vein Occlusion*;
Retinal Vein*;
Retinaldehyde*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1996;37(8):1360-1364
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
To investigate retinal hemodynamics in branch retinal vein occlusion(BRVO), we measured retinal circulation times using scanning laser ophthalmoscope(SLO) and studied the relationships with clinical findings. Arm-retina time(ART) and arteriovenous passage time(AVP) were measured in 35 eyes of 35 patients. Mean ART was 13.05 sec. ART showed no difference with sex and systemic diseases, but increased withage. AVP of occluded branch was much longer than those of other branches. AVP was delayed according to the size of capillary nonperfusion area, but showed no difference according to the duration of disease and macular edema. These results suggest that SLO is an useful method for studying retinal hemodynamics in BRVO.
