purpose: to assess alterations in parameters measured by the ocular response analyzer (ora) after photorefractive keratectomy (prk) with or without 0.02% mitomycin c (mmc) in myopic eyes. methods: in 33 right eyes of 33 patients, iop was determined using the goldmann applanation tonometry (gat) before and 3 months after prk. corneal hysteresis (ch), corneal resistance factor (crf), goldmann-cor...

Background: Hawthorn species decreases blood pressure and relaxes precontracted vessels. This study aimed at examining the antihypertensive effect and related mechanisms of hydroalcoholic extract of Crataegus azarolus subspecies aronia fruit in rats with renovascular hypertension.Methods: Six groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats, each containing 6 to 8 rats, were studied. The groups comprised of ...

Blood pressure response to hemodialysis was investigated in 15 patients with end-stage kidney disease; mean arterial pressure was unchanged in five (Group 1) and reduced 10 mm Hg in 10 (Group 2). The two groups did not differ significantly with regard to either biochemical values or hemodynamic indices before dialysis, and both sustained comparable reduction in body weight, total blood volume, ...