Book chapter
Factors Influencing the Optic Nerve Head Blood Flow
Ischemic Optic Neuropathies, pp.85-109
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2011
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11852-4_5
Abstract
In ischemic optic neuropathies, ischemia is due to deranged blood flow in the optic nerve. To understand their pathogenesis and management a firm grasp of the following is crucial: (i) the blood supply of the optic nerve (as discussed before – see Chap. 3), and (ii) the factors that influence the blood flow of the optic nerve head (ONH). It is the lack of in-depth knowledge of these two factors which is responsible for most of the controversy and confusion on ischemic optic neuropathies. The purpose of this chapter is an attempt to present a brief overview of the current state of our knowledge about the factors that finally determine the state of the circulation in the ONH, as discussed previously [1,2].
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Factors Influencing the Optic Nerve Head Blood Flow
- Creators
- Sohan Hayreh - University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Ischemic Optic Neuropathies, pp.85-109
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-11852-4_5
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin, Heidelberg
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2011
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979928302771
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