[Role and place of ophthalmological methods in the diagnosis of lesions of the main vessels of the brain].

The study was aimed at detecting changes in visual functions and organ of vision in patients with involvement of the main vessels of the head and injuries to this vessels in patients with expressed ischemic diseases of the organ of vision. Twenty-four patients with occlusive disorders of the carotid arteries and 22 with retinal and ocular nerve diseases with the ischemic component were examined. The share of carotid artery abnormalities in the second group was 27.3%. Total efficacy of ophthalmological methods of diagnosis in the group with carotid artery involvement was 89.4%, this demonstrating high efficacy of ophthalmological methods for the diagnosis of involvement of the main cerebral vessels. Static quantitative perimetry proved to be the most effective method. It permits reliable detection of the slightest changes and assess the efficacy of surgical treatment.