Neuro-ophthalmologic complications of cardiac catheterization.
We examined ten patients who, from 1981 to 1986, sustained neuro-ophthalmologic events during cardiac catheterization. Eight patients, most of whom recovered, were believed to have sustained embolic phenomena. Two patients experienced a typical migraine during the catheterization and likewise did well. We conclude that the likelihood of sustaining a neuro-ophthalmic complication during cardiac catheterization is low and that the prognosis after having sustained such a complication is generally favorable. Evidence suggests that artery-to-artery emboli is the dominant pathogenic factor.
Kosmorsky
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Department of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44106.
Hanson
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Tomsak
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D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies