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Welcome to the Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting unofficial blog of topics of interest to glaucoma specialists like myself. This conference is being held in Quebec City from June 26-29, 2010 and therefore you will see many changes to this section of the blog as I update my entries each day. I would like to encourage readers to add their comments to these postings as they appear.

73rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Quebec City of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting

June 26-29, 2010

Highlights of presentations of particular interest to glaucoma specialists

27May2011 Note: I am continuing to edit these articles and ‘publishing’ new entries as I complete each one. WIth the 74th Annual COS Meeting June 9-12, 2011 from Vancouver, I will be sure to finish editing last year’s articles and get ready for the new conference blog.

Entries in Vascular (2)

Wednesday
Jun012011

Ocular blood flow in clinical practice: The World Glaucoma Association Consensus Report (Dr Mark Lesk)

in DateWednesday, June 1, 2011 at 6:00AM AuthorRobert M Schertzer, MD, MEd, FRCSC

Almost every OBF researcher in the planet answered questions over the internet and then met at ARVO to discuss issues last year. A summary was published in July 2009 by Kugler and answers pretty much any question you might have on blood flow. The issues that were discussed and summarized in today’s talk included: Can we measure OBF meaningfully, does it contribute to glaucoma, does monitoring OBF change the course, what can we do about it.

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Tuesday
May312011

Vascular factors in glaucoma: New challenges (Dr M. Cristina Leske)

in DateTuesday, May 31, 2011 at 7:54AM AuthorRobert M Schertzer, MD, MEd, FRCSC

The full title of this talk was: Vascular factors in glaucoma: New challenges (new evidence on vascular factors, perfusion pressure, blood pressure, disc hemmorrhages.) Dr Leske looked at the evidence for perfusion pressure as a risk factor for glaucoma and how low BP, including that caused by treatment of high BP, can increase the glaucoma risk.

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