Platelet function, blood coagulability, and fibrinolysis in patients with low tension glaucoma
J. H. Joist, P. Lichtenfeld, A. I. Mandell and A. E. Kolker
Platelet function in vitro and in vivo and certain measurements of blood
coagulability and fibrinolysis were examined in 12 patients with low
tension glaucoma and the results were compared with those obtained in 12
normal subjects matched for age, race, and sex. The data obtained seem to
indicate that patients with low tension glaucoma cannot be readily
distinguished from individuals of similar age and sex not afflicted with
this disorder by measuring these variables. Thus, a "hypercoagulable
state," ie, a thrombotic tendency, does not appear to be of major
importance in the pathogenesis of this disorder.
