Role of nitric oxide in the control of ocular blood flow

L Schmetterer, K Polak - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2001 - Elsevier
In the recent years it has been recognized that nitric oxide is an important regulator of ocular
blood flow. Nitric oxide is involved in the control of basal blood flow in the choroid, optic …

Nitric oxide regulates retinal vascular tone in humans

GT Dorner, G Garhofer, B Kiss… - American Journal …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the contribution of basal nitric oxide
(NO) on retinal vascular tone in humans. In addition, we set out to elucidate the role of NO in …

Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin®) for macular oedema secondary to retinal vein occlusion: 12-month results of a prospective clinical trial

F Prager, S Michels, K Kriechbaum… - British Journal of …, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate functional and anatomical changes after
intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin®) in eyes with persistent macular oedema secondary to …

Influence of operator experience on the performance of ultrasound biometry compared to optical biometry before cataract surgery

O Findl, K Kriechbaum, S Sacu, B Kiss… - Journal of Cataract & …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To compare measurements performed with the IOLMaster (Carl Zeiss, Meditec AG)
with those obtained by applanation ultrasound (US) and manual keratometry and to …

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration: intraocular cytokines and growth factors and the influence of therapy with ranibizumab

M Funk, D Karl, M Georgopoulos, T Benesch, S Sacu… - Ophthalmology, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To investigate concentrations of growth factors and inflammatory cytokines in
eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) before and during therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of flicker frequency on flicker-induced changes of retinal vessel diameter

K Polak, L Schmetterer, CE Riva - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2002 - iovs.arvojournals.org
purpose. To investigate the effect of diffuse luminance flicker of different frequencies on
retinal vessel diameter in the human eye. methods. Nine healthy subjects participated in the …

Evaluation of the Zeiss retinal vessel analyser

K Polak, G Dorner, B Kiss, E Polska, O Findl… - British Journal of …, 2000 - bjo.bmj.com
AIM To investigate the reproducibility and sensitivity of the Zeiss retinal vessel analyser, a
new method for the online determination of retinal vessel diameters in healthy subjects …

Altered nitric oxide system in patients with open-angle glaucoma

K Polak, A Luksch, F Berisha… - Archives of …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To investigate the ocular blood flow response to systemic nitric oxide synthase
inhibition in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. Methods In 12 patients with …

Regulation of human retinal blood flow by endothelin-1

K Polak, A Luksch, B Frank, K Jandrasits… - Experimental eye …, 2003 - Elsevier
There is evidence from in vitro and animal studies that endothelin is a major regulator of
retinal blood flow. We set out to characterize the role of the endothelin-system in the blood …

Assessment of optic disk blood flow in patients with open-angle glaucoma

O Findl, G Rainer, S Dallinger, G Dorner… - American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To characterize optic disk blood flow in patients with open-angle glaucoma
compared with age-matched healthy control subjects. METHODS: In this prospective cross …