Open AccessEffects of Acetazolamide on Choroidal Blood Flow
Author(s) -
Susanne Dallinger,
Barbara Bobr,
Oliver Findl,
HansGeorg Eichler,
Leopold Schmetterer
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.29.5.997
Subject(s) - acetazolamide , medicine , carbonic anhydrase inhibitor , anesthesia , provocation test , blood flow , crossover study , placebo , ophthalmology , carbonic anhydrase , pathology , chemistry , biochemistry , alternative medicine , enzyme
The acetazolamide provocation test is commonly used to study cerebrovascular vasomotor reactivity. On the basis of the effect of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor in the central nervous system, we hypothesized that acetazolamide may also increase blood flow in the human choroid.
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