Decreased Heidelberg Retina Flowmeter (HRF) parameter “flow” at the papilla shortly after smoking a cigarette
Andrea Lietz-Partzsch, Sven M. Griesser, Josef Flammer, Ivan O. Haefliger · Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde · 2001 · Heft 05 · S. 332-334
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Abstract PURPOSE To investigate the effect of smoking a cigarette on the Heidelberg Retina Flowmeter (HRF) parameter “Flow” at the papilla of healthy young volunteers. METHODS Three HRF measurements were taken over the papilla (20 × 5, 256 × 64 pixels) in fourteen occasional smokers and in 14 non-smokers. Ten minutes later three similar HRF measurements were again made. In between the two series of measurements occasional smokers were asked to smoke a cigarette (Marlboro®, nicotine content 9 mg) and non-smokers not. RESULTS In occasional smokers, the values (arbitrary units) of the HRF parameter “Flow”, calculat…
