Treatment of Retinal-Artery Embolism

To the Editor: Dickens et al. (July 28 issue) 1 describe a patient who underwent directional coronary atherectomy with an excimer laser. The procedure was complicated by chest pain and the acute onset of blurred vision. Funduscopic examination revealed a white plaque in the left eye, occluding the i...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 1994-12, Vol.331 (23), p.1592-1593
Hauptverfasser: Bartelink, Anton K.M, Kappelhof, Johan P, Dickens, M. Alan, Greven, Craig M, Slusher, M. Madison
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Zusammenfassung:To the Editor: Dickens et al. (July 28 issue) 1 describe a patient who underwent directional coronary atherectomy with an excimer laser. The procedure was complicated by chest pain and the acute onset of blurred vision. Funduscopic examination revealed a white plaque in the left eye, occluding the inferior hemiretinal artery. This was interpreted as a fibrin embolus. After therapy, the visual acuity improved from 20/80- to 20/40, but the visual-field defect remained. Unfortunately, there is no mention of the treatment given. Even in the concluding remarks, in which the authors stress the need for immediate therapy in retinal-artery occlusion, the . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM199412083312315