Functional in vivo assessment of retinal artery microirregularities in glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 424-433

  Kotliar, Konstantin E ^a   Nagel, Edgar ^b   Vilser, Walthard ^c   Lanzl, Ines M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ophthalmic Private Practice   (Germany)

^c ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood fow; High frequency waviness; Intraocular pressure; Microirregularities; primary open angle glaucoma; Retinal arteries

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; REACTION TIME; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 47649094008     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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