Silent Brain Infarcts Linked to Glaucoma

A study suggests that silent cerebral infarcts (brain tissue damage) may promote progressive visual-field loss in patients with normotensive glaucoma. Twice as many patients with field progression had silent cerebral infarcts, compared with patients who had stable-field, normotensive glaucoma, reported Dexter Y. L. Leung, MBChB, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and colleagues.

Note that the study involved Chinese patients, and the findings might not be applicable to other ethnic groups.

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_{Source: Bankhead, Charles. Silent Brain Infarcts Linked to Progressive Glaucoma. MedPage Today, 1 July 2009.}