title: The ocular ischemic syndrome.
abstract: The ocular ischemic syndrome represents a serious blinding condition due to retinal ischemia secondary to hemodynamically significant carotid artery stenosis. However, this condition has received little attention in the neurological literature and is likely underdiagnosed. We here describe a patient with bilateral severe carotid stenosis and progressive visual loss due to ocular ischemia. The best management for this condition remains controversial and should be established by including these patients into randomized trials of carotid surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hospital de Galdacano, 48960 Galdacano, Vizcaya, Spain.
authors.forename: Nerea
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Foncea Beti
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mateo
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Díaz La Calle
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gomez Beldarrain
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Garcia-Monco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D018450:Disease Progression; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome