COMPARISON OF LOCAL REACTIONS OF RETINAL ARTERIES AND VEINS IN RE-SPONSE TO INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE IN-CREASE IN NORMALS AND GLAUCOMA PATIENTS

Purpose: Glaucoma patients might display a different vessel reaction compared to normal subjects to stimuli such as short term increase of IOP. The Retinal Vessel Analyzer (RVA) allows to dynamically examine vessel reactions along a vessel segment. Different behavior in each location can thus be assessed. Methods: 9 untreated open angle glaucoma patients (mean age of 55.7