Mission Statement
The aim of this section is to gain new insight into the pathogenesis of eye diseases and develop new treatment modalities. A specific focus is directed towards new imaging modalities in glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, dry eye symptom, and drug delivery.
Current Projects
- Functional Optical Coherence Tomography
- Neurovascular Coupling in the Retina and Optic Nerve Head
- Mechanisms of Ocular Blood Flow Autoregulation
- Role of Supplements in the Treatment of Eye Disease
- New Approaches for the characterization and the treatment of Dry Eye Symptom
Cooperations
- Center of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, MUW
- Department of Ophthalmology, MUW
- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Toronto, Canada
- Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA
Key Publications
- Boltz A, Luksch A, Wimpissinger B, Maar N, Weigert G, Frantal S, Brannath W, Garhofer G, Ergun E, Stur M, Schmetterer L. Choroidal blood flow and progression of age-related macular degeneration in the fellow eye in patients with unilateral choroidal neovascularization. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 in press
- Pemp B, Polska E, Karl K, Lasta M, Minichmayr A, Garhofer G, Wolzt M, Schmetterer L. Effects of antioxidants (AREDS medication) on ocular blood flow and endothelial function in an endotoxin-induced model of oxidative stress in humans. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Jan;51(1):2-6.
- Pemp B, Weigert G, Karl K, Petzl U, Wolzt M, Schmetterer L, Garhofer G. Correlation of flicker-induced and flow-mediated vasodilatation in patients with endothelial dysfunction and healthy volunteers. Diabetes Care. 2009 Aug;32(8):1536-41.
- Werkmeister RM, Dragostinoff N, Pircher M, Götzinger E, Hitzenberger CK, Leitgeb RA, Schmetterer L. Bidirectional Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography for measurement of absolute flow velocities in human retinal vessels. Opt Lett. 2008 Dec 15;33(24):2967-9.
- Resch H, Karl K, Weigert G, Wolzt M, Hommer A, Schmetterer L, Garhöfer G. Effect of dual endothelin receptor blockade on ocular blood flow in patients with glaucoma and healthy subjects. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Jan;50(1):358-63.
- Resch H, Garhofer G, Fuchsjäger-Mayrl G, Hommer A, Schmetterer L. Endothelial dysfunction in glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol. 2009 Feb;87(1):4-12.
- Hommer A, Fuchsjäger-Mayrl G, Resch H, Vass C, Garhofer G, Schmetterer L. Estimation of ocular rigidity based on measurement of pulse amplitude using pneumotonometry and fundus pulse using laser interferometry in glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Sep;49(9):4046-50.
- Polska E, Simader C, Weigert G, Doelemeyer A, Kolodjaschna J, Scharmann O, Schmetterer L. Regulation of choroidal blood flow during combined changes in intraocular pressure and arterial blood pressure. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Aug;48(8):3768-74.
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For information please contact our Section Head:
Gerhard Garhöfer, MD
E-Mail: gerhard.garhoefer@meduniwien.ac.at