Blood Pressure
Researchers from University of Melbourne Report on Findings in Blood Pressure
Published in Health and Medicine Week, April 18th, 2011
2011 APR 18 -- Investigators publish new data in the report 'The role of blood pressure in glaucoma.' "Although intraocular pressure (IOP) remains an important risk factor for glaucoma, it is clear that other factors can also influence disease development and progression. More recently, the role that blood pressure (BP) has in the genesis of glaucoma has attracted attention, as it represents a clinically modifiable risk factor and thus provides the potential for new treatment strategies beyond IOP reduction," scientists in Melbourne, Australia report.
"The interplay between blood pressure and IOP determines the ocular perfusion pressure (OPP), which...
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