Influence of macular microcirculation and retinal thickness on visual acuity in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion and macular edema

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 430-434

  Noma, Hidetaka ^a,b   Funatsu, Hideharu ^a   Harino, Seiyo ^c   Nagaoka, Taiji ^d   Mimura, Tatsuya ^e   Hori, Sadao ^f  

^a Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood flow velocity; branch retinal vein occlusion; macular edema; microcirculation; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78649312192     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-010-0834-9     Document Type: Article

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