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- This prospective cohort study investigated the impact of a dip in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) at baseline on subsequent visual field (VF) progression in eyes with normal-tension glaucoma. The researchers found a relationship between progression of VF loss and a nocturnal and daytime diastolic blood pressure dip.
- A nocturnal diastolic BP dip may be more closely associated with future VF progression compared with a systolic BP dip in patients with normal-tension glaucoma.
– Kathleen Freeman, OD, FAAO