Effects of Sildenafil on Retinal Blood Flow and Flicker-Induced Retinal Vasodilatation in Healthy Subjects

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4872-4876

  Polak, Kaija ^b   Wimpissinger, Barbara ^b   Berisha, Fatmire ^b   Georgopoulos, Michael ^b   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EYE BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; TONOMETRY; VASODILATATION;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0142200828     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0177     Document Type: Article

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