Carotid artery occlusion and ocular ischemia: therapy control with evoked potentials.
We present a patient with internal carotid artery occlusion and ischemic oculopathy in whom extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass improved vision. Visual evoked potentials were studied to obtain objective criteria for indication and follow-up evaluation and confirmed that the improved vision was due to improved retinal function.
D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011930:Reaction Time; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000601:surgery