α1-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists and the Iris: New Mechanistic Insights into Floppy Iris Syndrome

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 501-512

  Schwinn, Debra A ^a,b,c   Afshari, Natalie A ^d  

^a Departments of Anesthesiology

^b Pharmacology/Cancer Biology

^c Surgery

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenoceptor; alpha adrenergic; benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); cataract surgery; floppy iris syndrome; iris; miosis; mydriasis; receptor adrenergic

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; APRACLONIDINE; BRIMONIDINE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOPENTALATE; DIPIVEFRINE; DOXAZOSIN; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; LEVOFLOXACIN; MYDRIATIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EJACULATION DISORDER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FATIGUE; FLOPPY IRIS SYNDROME; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INFECTION; IRIS; IRIS DISEASE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RHINITIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SOMNOLENCE; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; IRIS; IRIS DISEASES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PUPIL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SYNDROME; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33748061636     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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