Measurement of casual and near basal systolic and diastolic blood pressures were correlated with the severity of cardiorenal manifestations of hypertension in 471 patients. There was a significant association of each of the four blood pressure measurements with each other (P < 0.001). Systolic blood pressure and mamfestations of hypertension increased with age. Blacks had higher blood pressures...

Fundus photography in adults and cooperative children is possible with a fundus camera or by using a slit lamp-mounted digital camera. Retcam TM or a video indirect ophthalmoscope is necessary for fundus imaging in infants and young children under anesthesia. Herein, a technique of converting and using a digital video camera into a video indirect ophthalmoscope for fundus imaging is described. ...

BACKGROUND Ocular involvement in pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is common. OBJECTIVE To study the association between pregnancy-induced hypertensive fundus changes and fetal outcomes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A prospective cohort study was carried out including 153 subjects with the diagnosis of PIH. The subjects were evaluated for hypertensive fundus changes. Fetal outcomes were assessed...

Ca+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II) is regulated by calcium oscillations, autophosphorylation, and its subunit composition. All four subunit isoforms were detected in gastric fundus and proximal colon smooth muscles by RT-PCR, but only the gamma and delta isoforms are expressed in myocytes. Relative gamma and delta message levels were quantitated by real-time PCR. CaM kin...

Dear Editor, A ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is effective for hydrocephalus. However, the shunt may malfunction due to obstruction, breakage, migration, or infection [1]. Slit ventricle syndrome (SVS) is a rare symptomatic condition presenting with neuroimaging findings of small ventricles in a patient with a VP shunt. Accurate diagnosis can be difficult and adequate treatment may be delayed ...

PURPOSE To investigate whether increased fluctuation of intraocular pressure (IOP) is an independent factor for glaucoma progression. DESIGN A cohort of patients was followed up in a randomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred fifty-five glaucoma patients from the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT; 129 treated and 126 control patients). METHODS Study visits, conducted every 3 mo...

The autofluorescence of the retina that originates primarily from lipofuscin fluorophores in retinal pigment epithelial cells, is observed to undergo photobleaching during the acquisition of fundus autofluorescence images. Bisretinoid fluorophores isolated from retinal pigment epithelial cells have the spectral characteristics consistent with their being the source of fundus autofluorescence. C...

Noftji ? F' Jolly: This patient, a woman, aged 27, who was normally domiciled in Pre&n ern Ireland, first came to Bristol in February, 1956, when she was five weeks atthe j s^e ^ad had no Previous children. She was seen at Southmead Hospital given that month by Dr. P. Phillips. The date of her last menstrual period was Hth qS ?th January, 1956 from which it was calculated that she would be due ...

Angioid streaks are rare lesions of the fundus, which often associated with general pathologies. These stripes that visible at dark in appearance, and diverge from papilla. They due to anomalies elastic fibers there is a deposit calcium. described many pathologies: Paget's disease; Sickle cell disease Marfan's syndrome. There no treatment for angioid streaks. We report case patient presenting a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Measurements performed on fundus images using current software are not accurate. Accurate measurements can be obtained only by calibrating a fundus camera using measurements between fixed retinal landmarks, such as the dimensions of the optic nerve, or by relying on a calibrated model eye provided by a reading center. However, calibrated spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT) cou...