Abstract
Beginning as early as the mid-4th decade of life, an age-dependent reduction in
retinal blood flow has to be considered an essential risk factor for disorders of
retinal microcirculation. Blood flow measurements are a valuable, but not the
sole criterion of microcirculatory disorders. While in retinal occlusive diseases
blood flow is a valuable indicator of the severity of microcirculatory disorders,
the latter can also occur in the presence of normal and elevated blood flow
values. Shifts of the metabolic activity of the retina and changes in the
metabolic activity of the retina and changes in the metabolic conditions have to
be taken into account when a clinical interpretation is given.
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