Acute Retinal Arterial Ischemia: An Emergency Often Ignored

[...]in this retrospective consecutive case series we are not told how many patients first presented to the university outpatient ophthalmology clinic with new neurological deficits and vision loss. [...]for patients with non-cardioembolic stroke or transient ischemic attack, antiplatelet agents are...

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Published in:American journal of ophthalmology 2014-12, Vol.158 (6), p.1353-1353
Main Authors: Brown, Sandra M, Vasudevan, Arvind
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cerebral Infarction - complications
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Female
Humans
Ischemia
Male
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Ophthalmology
Patients
Retinal Artery Occlusion - complications
Stroke
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Summary:[...]in this retrospective consecutive case series we are not told how many patients first presented to the university outpatient ophthalmology clinic with new neurological deficits and vision loss. [...]for patients with non-cardioembolic stroke or transient ischemic attack, antiplatelet agents are the uniform therapy for reducing the risk of subsequent stroke.
ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/j.ajo.2014.08.033