METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND PREDICTING RESERVES OF EYEBALL'S CIRCULATION IN CASE OF ISCHEMIC OPTICOPATHIES OF OPTIC NERVE IN PATIENTS OF GERONTOLOGICAL AGE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, ophthalmology.

SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with methods for diagnostics of vascular pathology of optic nerve (ischemic opticopathies) and, also, predicting vascular pathology of optic nerve lesion and counterlateral eyeball. One should perform dopplerographic registration of circulatory parameters: peak systolic velocity PSV cm/sec and end diastolic velocity EDV cm/sec on the 2^nd, 3d min both before and at the background of functional loading: dealing with lifting legs up to 90° in area of internal carotid artery, central retinal artery and ciliary artery. Moreover, calculation of resistant index RI c. u. should be performed by the following formula (PSV cm/sec - EDV cm/sec)/PSV cm/sec and reactivity index RY c.u. by the following formula PSV cm/sec after loading/PSV cm/sec before loading. At RI value being above 0.7 and RY value being below 1.0 one should detect deterioration of visual functions and the absence of circulatory reserves in tested eye and counterlateral one. At RI value being below 0.7 and RY value being above 1.0 it is possible to detect the maintenance of visual functions and circulatory reserves in tested and counterlateral eyes. The innovation enables to accelerate and simplify the trial and carry out it with available physical loading for a patient without applying any additional appliances and medicinal preparations.

EFFECT: higher efficiency and accuracy of diagnostics and prediction.

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