Title Prospective clinical study of non-invasive intracranial pressure measurements in open-angle glaucoma patients and healthy subjects /
Authors Deimantavicius, Mantas ; Hamarat, Yasin ; Lucinskas, Paulius ; Zakelis, Rolandas ; Bartusis, Laimonas ; Siaudvytyte, Lina ; Janulevicienė, Ingrida ; Ragauskas, Arminas
DOI 10.3390/medicina56120664
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Is Part of Medicina.. Basel : MDPI. 2020, vol. 56, iss. 12, art. no. 664, p. 1-8.. ISSN 1648-9144. eISSN 1010-660X
Keywords [eng] primary open angle glaucoma ; normal-tension glaucoma ; high-tension glaucoma ; intracranial pressure ; non-invasive ICP measurement
Abstract [eng] Background and Objective: Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy in which the optic nerve is damaged. The optic nerve is exposed not only to intraocular pressure (IOP) in the eye, but also to intracranial pressure (ICP), as it is surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid in the subarachnoid space. Here, we analyse ICP differences between patients with glaucoma and healthy subjects (HSs). Materials and Methods: Ninety-five patients with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), 60 patients with high-tension glaucoma (HTG), and 62 HSs were included in the prospective clinical study, and ICP was measured non-invasively by two-depth transcranial Doppler (TCD). Results: The mean ICP of NTG patients (9.42 ± 2.83 mmHg) was significantly lower than that of HSs (10.73 ± 2.16 mmHg) (p = 0.007). The mean ICP of HTG patients (8.11 ± 2.68 mmHg) was significantly lower than that of NTG patients (9.42 ± 2.83 mmHg) (p = 0.008) and significantly lower than that of HSs (10.73 ± 2.16 mmHg) (p < 0.001). Conclusions: An abnormal ICP value could be one of the many influential factors in the optic nerve degeneration of NTG patients and should be considered as such instead of just being regarded as a “low ICP".
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2020
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