Abnormal Flow-Mediated Vasodilation in Normal-Tension Glaucoma Using a Noninvasive Determination for Peripheral Endothelial Dysfunction

Abstract

This study demonstrated impaired FMD in patients with NTG and the results provide evidence of a generalized peripheral vascular endothelial dysfunction in patients with NTG.

Endothelin-1 plasma levels and vascular endothelial dysfunction in primary open angle glaucoma

“…It is often used to determine cardiovascular disease risk factors in cardiovascular research (Anderson et al, 2000), but more recently has also been adopted in ophthalmological studies to investigate peripheral vascular endothelial functionality in glaucoma patients (Su et al, 2008), in NTG (Su et al, 2006) and pseudoexfoliative syndrome (Atalar et al, 2006).…”

Systemic High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein Level in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome and Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma

“…29,[31][32][33] The results about plasma hsCRP levels in normal tension glaucoma are controversial. Su et al 16 reported no difference in the hsCRP level between normal tension glaucoma and controls after exclusion of patients with cardiovascular and other systemic diseases and they suggested that systemic vascular inflammation may not be a major cause in pathogenesis of glaucoma.…”

Systemic endothelial function in cases with wet-type age-related macular degeneration

“…It should be considered that there could be intra-observer differences in measurements. However, previous studies showed that intra-observed differences are minimal without significant effect on results [9,10]. In our study, an experienced cardiologist performed measurements.…”