Does It Apply to The Eye? Management of Acute Retinal Infarction

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Identifier 20080310_nanos_strokesympos_02.pdf
Title Does It Apply to The Eye? Management of Acute Retinal Infarction
Creator Valérie Biousse, MD Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Subject Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO); Retinal infarction; Thrombolysis; Central/Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion; Central Retinal Artery Occlusions
Description Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) causes acute retinal ischemia, which leads to nonreversible retinal infarction if the retinal vascularization is not restored rapidly. The diagnosis is easily made clinically in a patient presenting with acute visual loss, an ipsilateral relative afferent pupillary defect, retinal edema with attenuation of the retinal arteries and a cherry red spot.
Date 2008-03-10
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2008 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2008: Stroke Symposium
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6kh3tqf
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Secondary Valerie Biousse, MD; David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD
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ID 180783
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh3tqf
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