Effect of isoproterenol, phenylephrine, and sodium nitroprusside on fundus pulsations in healthy volunteers

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-223

  Schmetterer, Leopold ^a,b,c   Wolzt, Michael ^b   Salomon, Alex ^b   Rheinberger, Alexander ^b   Unfried, Christian ^a   Zanaschka, Gabriele ^b   Fercher, Adolf Friedrich ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Physics   (Austria)

^b Department of Clinical Pharmacology ^*

^c NMR Group   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHOROID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029935632     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.3.217     Document Type: Article

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