Retinal arteriolar vascular reactivity in untreated and progressive primary open-angle glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2043-2050

  Venkataraman, Subha T ^a,b   Hudson, Chris ^a,b   Rachmiel, Rony ^a   Buys, Yvonne M ^a   Markowitz, Samuel N ^a   Fisher, Joseph A ^c   Trope, Graham E ^a   Flanagan, John G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; SULFONAMIDE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL ARTERIOLAR VASCULAR REACTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ARTERIOLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA ARTERY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 77951231721     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3630     Document Type: Article

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