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Russel H. Patterson, Jr, MD

Arch Neurol. 1970;22(1):20-26.

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CRANIAL arterial insufficiency is well known to affect the circulation to the eye, as demonstrated by measurements of retinal arterial pressure,¹ fluorescein circulation time,^2,3 and ocular tonography.⁴ Although first recorded in 1928,⁵ ocular pulsations have not been studied extensively, and the observation that carotid insufficiency dampened their amplitude was reported only in 1964.⁶ A series of patients is described in this report from which some judgment can be made about the value of oculosphygmography in diagnosing carotid insufficiency and also in predicting the adequacy of collateral circulation when carotid ligation is planned.

Materials and Methods

At the time of initial examination, 25 patients had no stenosis of the extracranial carotid arteries as great as 50%; in 12, the lumen of one carotid artery was narrowed 50% or greater; in 9 patients, one carotid artery was completely obstructed; in 5, one artery was stenotic and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Cornell University Medical College, New York.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 7, 1969; accepted Aug 18.

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