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. 2004 Feb;88(2):298–301. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2003.021592

Table 1.

Spectral analysis of orbital colour Doppler imaging

Normal values11 (cm/s) Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 15
RE LE RE LE RE LE RE LE RE LE RE LE
CRA systolic (cm/s) 10.1+/−1.9 4.1 2.4 5.4 4.7 5.3 4.5 5.9 4.4 8.2 5.6 9.7 5.7
CRA diastolic (cm/s) 2.6+/−1.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 1.4 1.6 0.7 2.4 1.6 3.0 1.7
CRA pulsatility index 1.52 20.0 6.3 49.0 8.2 42.0 32.0 3.9 4.2 1.0 2.0 2.8 1.87
PCA systolic (cm/s) 12.4+/−4.2
Nasal NR NR NR NR 4.2 NR 5.1 NR 7.7 NR 8.0 NR
Temporal NR NR NR NR 3.1 7.2 4.8 9.1 7.4 9.4 7.4 5.0
PCA diastolic (cm/s) 4.3+/−2.2
Nasal NR NR NR NR 0.8 NR 0.4 NR 2.6 NR 2.3 NR
Temporal NR NR NR NR 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.2 2.3 0.2 2.7 1.7
PCA pulsatility index 1.09
Nasal NR NR NR NR 1.8 NR 1.0 NR 1.3 NR 2.0 NR
Temporal NR NR NR NR 7.7 3.0 3.1 3.9 1.7 2.2 1.9 3.0
OA systolic (cm/s) 31.3+/−4.2 58.0 133.4 65.1 118.9 65.7 118.6 59.9 94.9 58.0 71.5 58.0 50.3
OA diastolic (cm/s) 8.3+/−3.9 19.3 31.9 16.9 37.7 21.3 16.9 19.3 23.7 23.2 11.6 20.3 10.3
OA pulsatility index 1.55 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.1 2.1

CRA = central retinal artery, PCA = posterior ciliary artery, OA = ophthalmic artery, NR = not recordable.