title: Bilateral simultaneous central retinal artery occlusions in atherosclerosis.
abstract: An 82-year-old woman with atherosclerosis developed central retinal artery occlusions (CRAOs) in both eyes within an interval of 5 minutes. There was no evidence of a thromboembolic source, systemic hypotension, vasculitis, migraine, or hypercoagulable state. Virtually simultaneous binocular CRAOs have been rarely reported, and suggest the possibility of a systemic but still undefined "hypercoagulable trigger."
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48015, USA. jdtrobe@umich.edu
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Izer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity