Short-term hemodynamic changes in episcleral arteriovenous anastomoses correlate with venous pressure and IOP changes in the albino rabbit

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Funk, R H W ^a   Gehr, J ^a   Rohen, J W ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous anastomoses; Epinephrine; Episcleral venous pressure; Nitroprusside; Rabbit eye

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTERIOLE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VEIN; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0030027597     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609017615     Document Type: Article

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