Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the features of the comorbid course of ischemic diseases of the visual organ and chronic cerebral ischemia in atherosclerosis. The material for this study was the results of complex examinations of 37 patients (74 eyes) with ischemic diseases of the visual organ in combination with chronic cerebral ischemia and atherosclerotic vascular lesions. In addition to complex ophthalmologic examination, ultra¬sound examination with color Doppler mapping of ex-tracranial and intracranial segments of the great vessels of the brain, Color-Doppler sonography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain with tractography were used to study the peculiarities of the course of ischemic diseases of the visual organ in chronic cerebral ischemia. The quantitative characteristics of blood flow in the ves¬sels of the eye and brain were the maximum systolic, final diastolic speeds, resistance index, carotid – ophthalmic ratio.

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