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ArticleRestorative neurology and neuroscience2019

Transient visual field impairment after cold provocation in glaucoma patients with Flammer syndrome.

Barbara Terelak-Borys, Iwona Grabska-Liberek, Andreas Schoetzau, Katarzyna Konieczka

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  4. Treatment of Glaucoma Patients with Flammer Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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  6. Role of ocular blood flow in normal tension glaucoma.Advances in ophthalmology practice and research
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Barbara Terelak-BorysDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Iwona Grabska-LiberekDepartment of Ophthalmology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
Andreas SchoetzauDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Katarzyna KonieczkaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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Abstract

backgroundIt is still debatable whether visual field defects in glaucoma have a reversible component and to what extent a temporary loss can be provoked.

objectiveTo investigate the response of the visual function to a cold provocation in glaucoma patients, particularly to test whether subjects with Flammer syndrome (FS) behaved differently from subjects without FS.

methodsTen (10) primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients with FS, 7 POAG patients without FS, and 11 healthy controls were tested with program G2 on the Octopus 101 perimeter before and after putting one hand in cold water (4°C) for 2 min. The mean sensitivity (MS) of each visual field was included in the statistical analysis.

resultsIn glaucoma patients with FS, the mean MS significantly decreased after cold provocation (delta MS = -0.91 dB, CI = -1.43 to -0.39, p = 0.0014). In contrast, the mean MS in glaucoma patients without FS did not change significantly (delta MS = 0.17 dB, CI = -0.43 to 0.78, p = 0.56). Likewise, the mean MS did not change significantly in the healthy controls (delta MS = 0.23 dB, CI = -0.27 to 0.72, p = 0.36).

conclusionsCold provocation induced a transient visual field deterioration in the glaucoma patients with FS but not in the glaucoma patients without FS or in the healthy controls. We assume this effect to be the result of a transient reduction of ocular blood flow.

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Cold TemperatureAdultEyeFemaleGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRegional Blood FlowVascular DiseasesVision DisordersVisual FieldsVisual Field TestsYoung Adultcold provocationFlammer syndromeocular blood flowPrimary open angle glaucomatransient visual field impairmentvisual field

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PMID30741709
PMCPMC6484275

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