A comparative study of the effects of brinzolamide and dorzolamide on retinal oxygen saturation and ocular microcirculation in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-504

  Siesky, B ^a   Harris, A ^a   Cantor, L B ^a   Kagemann, L ^b,c   Weitzman, Y ^d   McCranor, L ^a   Marques, C ^a   Werne, A ^a   Stefansson, E ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d Adom   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EYE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MORNING DOSAGE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA; RETINA VEIN; STINGING; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINAL VESSELS; SULFONAMIDES; THIAZINES; THIOPHENES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 41849102035     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.125187     Document Type: Article

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