Effect of Viagra on the foveolar choroidal circulation of AMD patients

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Metelitsina, Tatyana I ^a   Grunwald, Juan E ^a   DuPont, Joan C ^a   Ying, Gui Shuang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Foveolar choroidal circulation; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Sildenafil citrate (Viagra)

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; FACE EDEMA; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIP DISEASE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEATING; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PIPERAZINES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 23144440223     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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