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Hemodynamic variables in progressive and non-progressive low tension glaucoma
H J Rouhiainen1, M E Teräsvirta
1Department of Ophthalmology, University Central Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Acta Ophthalmologica
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
Systemic blood pressure and medications for different general diseases were retrospectively examined in 30 low-tension glaucoma patients. Thirty patients with POAG were used as controls. LTG was divided into a progressive and non-progressive form on basis of the course of the disease. Systemic blood pressure was higher in POAG and the progressive form of LTG than in the non-progressive LTG. There was twice as much antihypertensive medication in LTG than POAG patients.