Retinal vein pulsation is in phase with intracranial pressure and not intraocular pressure

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4676-4681

  Morgan, William H ^a   Lind, Christopher R P ^b,c   Kain, Samuel ^a   Fatehee, Naeem ^a   Bala, Arul ^c   Yu, Dao Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETINAL VENOUS PULSATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VIDEORECORDING; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA VEIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PULSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL VEIN; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866120278     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9837     Document Type: Article

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