Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2010  |  Volume : 58  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 189--194

Changes in central retinal artery blood flow after ocular warming and cooling in healthy subjects


MA Shamshad1, AK Amitava1, I Ahmad2, S Wahab2 
1 Institute of Ophthalmology, JNMC, AMU, Aligarh, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, JNMC, AMU, Aligarh, India

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A K Amitava
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Context: Retinal perfusion variability impacts ocular disease and physiology. Aim: To evaluate the response of central retinal artery (CRA) blood flow to temperature alterations in 20 healthy volunteers. Setting and Design: Non-interventional experimental human study. Materials and Methods: Baseline data recorded: Ocular surface temperature (OST) in �C (thermo-anemometer), CRA peak systolic velocity (PSV) and end diastolic velocity (EDV) in cm/s using Color Doppler. Ocular laterality and temperature alteration (warming by electric lamp/cooling by ice-gel pack) were randomly assigned. Primary outcomes recorded were: OST and intraocular pressure (IOP) immediately after warming or cooling and ten minutes later; CRA-PSV and EDV at three, six and nine minutes warming or cooling. Statistical Analysis: Repeated measures ANOVA. Results: (n = 20; μ�SD): Pre-warming values were; OST: 34.5�1.02�C, CRA-PSV: 9.3�2.33cm/s, CRA-EDV: 4.6�1.27cm/s. OST significantly increased by 1.96�C (95% CI: 1.54 to 2.37) after warming, but returned to baseline ten minutes later. Only at three minutes, the PSV significantly rose by 1.21cm/s (95% CI: 0.51to1.91). Pre-cooling values were: OST: 34.5�0.96�C, CRA-PSV: 9.7�2.45 cm/s, CRA-EDV: 4.7�1.12cm/s. OST significantly decreased by 2.81�C (95% CI: -2.30 to -3.37) after cooling, and returned to baseline at ten minutes. There was a significant drop in CRA-PSV by 1.10cm/s (95% CI: -2.05 to -0.15) and CRA-EDV by 0.81 (95% CI: -1.47 to -0.14) at three minutes. At six minutes both PSV (95% CI: -1.38 to -0.03) and EDV (95% CI: -1.26 to -0.02) were significantly lower. All values at ten minutes were comparable to baseline. The IOP showed insignificant alteration on warming (95% CI of difference: -0.17 to 1.57mmHg), but was significantly lower after cooling (95% CI: -2.95 to -4.30mmHg). After ten minutes, IOP had returned to baseline. Conclusion : This study confirms that CRA flow significantly increases on warming and decreases on cooling, the latter despite a significant lowering of IOP.


How to cite this article:
Shamshad M A, Amitava A K, Ahmad I, Wahab S. Changes in central retinal artery blood flow after ocular warming and cooling in healthy subjects.Indian J Ophthalmol 2010;58:189-194


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Shamshad M A, Amitava A K, Ahmad I, Wahab S. Changes in central retinal artery blood flow after ocular warming and cooling in healthy subjects. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2010 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];58:189-194
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