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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 2011, Article ID 164320, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2011/164320 Clinical Study Evaluation of Hemodynamic Parameters as Predictors of Glaucoma Progression ˇ 1 2 2 ˙ 3 2 Ingrida Januleviciene, Rita Ehrlich, Brent Siesky, Irena Nedzelskiene, and Alon Harris 1 Eye Clinic, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu Street 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Research and Diagnostic Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, 702 Rotary Circle, Room 137, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA 3 Biostatistician, Faculty of Odontology, Kaunas University of Medicine, 50106 Kaunas, Lithuania ˇ Correspondence should be addressed to Ingrida Januleviciene, ingrida.januleviciene@kmuk.lt Received 3 June 2010; Revised 17 August 2010; Accepted 15 February 2011 Academic Editor: Christopher Kai-shun Leung ˇ Copyright © 2011 Ingrida Januleviciene et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Purpose. To evaluate hemodynamic parameters as possible predictors for glaucoma progression. Methods. An 18-month randomized double-masked cohort study including 30 open-angle glaucoma patients receiving fixed-combination treatment with Dorzolamide/Timolol (DTFC) or Latanoprost/Timolol (LTFC) (n = 15 per group) was performed. Intraocular pressure (IOP),