Abstract
Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a disorder in which the circulation to the inner retina is impaired because of a blockage of the central retinal vein. The occlusion can produce severe inner retinal ischemia, leading in some patients to the blinding complication of neovascular glaucoma. In these patients, the choroidal circulation, which serves the photoreceptors, is not impaired. Several types of changes are seen in the electroretinogram (ERG) of patients with CRVO. Sabates and his associates1 have reported preferential reductions in the b-wave amplitude relative to the a-wave amplitude in CRVO eyes that develop iris neovascularization. Johnson and co-workers2 have measured ERG intensity-response functions in patients with CRVO and have analyzed the b-wave amplitudes by fitting the data with the Naka-Rushton function: (1) where I and R are intensity, response ordered pairs, Rmax is the maximum b-wave amplitude (measured from the trough of the a-wave to the peak of the b-wave), K is the half-saturation constant (because when I = K, R = 1/2 Rmax) and n is the slope. In normal observers, these parameters vary independently.3
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