Is retinal vessel caliber associated with the 10-year incidence of glaucoma : the Blue Mountains Eye Study?
Retinal arteriolar narrowing, quantitatively measured from retinal photographs, was associated with long-term risk of OAG. These data support the concept that early vascular changes are involved in the pathogenesis of OAG and suggest that computer-based measurements of retinal vessel caliber may be useful to identify people with an increased risk of developing the clinical stage of glaucoma.
These results indicate that ACE inhibition by ramipril may be useful for the treatment of peripheral vascular complications in hypertension.