Physician Witnessed Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion: Poor Visual Outcome Despite Optimum Intravenous And Intra-arterial Thrombolysis

Identifier 20110208_nanos_posters_020
Title Physician Witnessed Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion: Poor Visual Outcome Despite Optimum Intravenous And Intra-arterial Thrombolysis
Creator Howard Pomeranz; Cristiano Oliveira; Jeffrey Katz
Affiliation (HP) (CO) (JK) North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY
Subject Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion; Thrombolysis; Painless Vision Loss; CRAO
Description A 78-year-old woman who presented for routine visit developed acute painless loss of vision in OD while in the exam room. She was diagnosed with presumed central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) and immediately sent to the hospital for treatment with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA).
Date 2011-02-08
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2011 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2011: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6671kp5
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181769
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6671kp5