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Evaluation of Retinal and Choroidal Microcirculation Alterations After a Single Dose of Oral 5-mg Tadalafil: A Prospective Pilot Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study     
Yazarlar
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet Cem SABANER
Türkiye
Mustafa Doğan
Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Müberra Akdoğan
Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Serdar Karadağ
Türkiye
İsmail Umut Onur
Türkiye
Ali İhsan Taşçı
Türkiye
Fadime Ulviye Yiğit
Türkiye
Özet
To evaluate the effects of a single dose of oral 5-mg tadalafil on macular microcirculation as measured using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and angiography (OCTA) in healthy volunteers. Twenty-two healthy, middle-aged, sexually active, and male health care worker volunteers were included in this prospective study. All volunteers have a history of occasionally using off-label 5 mg tadalafil to enhance sexual performance. Superficial and deep capillary plexus vascular densities, foveal avascular zone parameters, outer retina, and choriocapillaris flow areas were performed using the OCTA, and subfoveal-choroidal thickness (CT) was performed by using the OCT. Measurements were performed preintake, 30 min, 1, 4, 24 h, 2, 3, 4, and 7 days after the intake of tadalafil off-label. Twenty-two eyes of 22 male volunteers were included in the study. The mean age was 37.16 ± 4.52 years. At 30 min, 1 h, and 4 h after intake, a statistically significant increase was observed in the choriocapillaris flow area and CT compared with preintake (,  = 0.034 and  < 0.001, respectively). This study showed that a single dose of oral 5-mg tadalafil causes an increase in choriocapillaris flow and CT. To evaluate the effects of tadalafil on the retina and choroid, an OCTA assessment may be helpful.
Anahtar Kelimeler
tadalafil,optical coherence tomography angiography,prospective study
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Dergi ISSN 1080-7683
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2021
Cilt No 37
Doi Numarası 10.1089/jop.2020.0124
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jop.2020.0124