Vasospasms
 J Flammer, M Pache Th Resink: Vasospasm, its Role in the Pathogenesis of Diseases with Particular Reference to the Eye |
Josef Flammer and his colleagues were the first to postulate that vasospasm are involved in the development of glaucoma damage. Here you will find a review summarizing these studies. Later, the same group recognized that vasospasm are one component of a more global disorder and therefore introduced the term vascular dysregulation. |
 J Flammer: Clinical evaluation of a patient with normal tension glaucoma (Video) |
In this video, Prof. Josef Flammer interviews and examines one of his patients with normal tension glaucoma. |
 HJ Kaiser, J Flammer, P Gasser: Ocular vasospasm in children |
Vasospasms can occur already in childhood. Mostly they appear as reversible visual field defects during emotional stress. Today we know that they are not actual spasms, but rather a manifestation of primary vascular dysregulation, usually as a component of Flammer syndrome. This in turn is usually predisposed, but manifests itself especially after puberty and then weakens throughout life, in women especially a few years after menopause. |