Ocular perfusion pressure and hemodynamics analysis in non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and idiopathic optic neuritis

Abstract

Objective To compare the Ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) and ocular hemodynamics of patients with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and idiopathic optic neuritis (ION),and analyze their relationship with fixation features.Methods It was a retrospective case study.Data were collected in patients with NAION and ION who were treated in Department of Ophthalmology,the Fourth Affiliated Hospital,China Medical University from March 2011 to May 2013.OPP and ocular hemodynamics were analyzed,as well as the ages,gender,and systemic diseases after these patients were divided as the central fixation group and the extra-central fixation one on the basis of ocular fixation features.The reason making the differences were thought over.Results There were 21 NAION cases (21 eyes,14 for central fixation and 7 for extra-central fixation) and 21 ION ones (21 eyes,8 for central fixation and 13 for extra-central fixation).The peak systolic velocity (PSV) of posterior ciliary artery (PCA) and central retinal artery (CRA) were significantly decreased in the NAION group comparing with the ION group in central fixation eyes (t =12.49,P =0.00; t =14.25,P =0.00).In the extra-central fixation eyes,the sitting mean artery pressure (MAP) of brachial artery and OPP were significantly increased in the NAION group,and the PSV of PCA and CRA were significantly decreased in the NAION group (t =6.41,P =0.02; t =5.66,P =0.03; t =8.47,P =0.01; t =11.32,P =0.00).However,the PSV of PCA and CRA were significantly decreased in the NAION group when the fixation features were excluded from the classification criteria and all kinds of vision was regarded totally as central fixation vision (t =5.81,P =0.02; t =9.20,P =0.00).Conclusions The fixation features of NAION and ION eyes can be classified as central fixation and extra-central fixation.The comparisons of OPP and ocular hemodynamics should be classified according to the fixation features. Key words: Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION); Idiopathic optic neuritis (ION); Ocular perfusion pressure (OPP); Ocular hemodynamics