Effects of Pentoxifylline on Blood Flow in Patients with Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

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Identifier 20140304_nanos_posters_207
Title Effects of Pentoxifylline on Blood Flow in Patients with Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Creator Rustum Karanjia; Edward R. Chu; Starleen Frousiakis; Sowmya Srinivas; Srinivas Sadda; Alfredo A. Sadun
Affiliation (RK) USC Department of Ophthalmology, Los Angeles, CA
Subject Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography; Pentoxifylline; Peripheral Vascular Disease
Description Non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is a common neuroophthalmic disorder. A second episode of NAION in the fellow eye occurs in 15-35% of patients. Doppler OCT studies have demonstrated a reduction in blood flow in the anterior lamina circulation in patients with NAION. Pentoxifylline is a medication with a long history of use in peripheral vascular disease and has been shown to have a rheological benefit from increased red blood cell compliance. We sought to determine if pentoxifylline improved central retinal artery derived blood flow by Doppler OCT in patients with NAION.
Date 2014-03-04
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2014 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2014: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 184168
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67t0vh1
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