Transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of branch retinal artery obstruction.
We examined a 28-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman with branch retinal artery obstruction. Both were examined exhaustively. In each patient, a patent foramen ovale was demonstrated by transesophageal echocardiography after a transthoracic study disclosed no abnormalities. These observations suggest that transesophageal echocardiography is valuable in examining young patients with retinal emboli in whom cardiac abnormalities are suspected.
Wisotsky
B J
BJ
Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467.
Engel
H M
HM
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology