A new form of retinopathy associated with myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.
OBJECTIVE
To report a new form of retinopathy that was observed in patients who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI).


METHODS
Serial ophthalmological examinations were conducted in 40 patients who underwent PCI. Thirty patients were diagnosed with AMI, and another 10 had stable angina pectoris.


RESULTS
Cotton wool spots developed in 17 (57%) patients from the group with AMI undergoing PCI (n = 30) within 2 months. Of these, 41% (seven patients) also developed superficial haemorrhages. Retinopathy was most prominent 1-2 months after AMI and then tended to become quiescent afterwards, without treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
We have identified a new form of retinopathy in patients with AMI that spontaneously subsides without treatment.
Kinoshita
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Department of Ophthalmology, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, 1-847 Amanuma, Saitama 300-8503, Japan. nobukawa@omiya.jichi.ac.jp
Kakehashi
A
A
Yasu
T
T
Katayama
T
T
Kuroki
M
M
Tsurimaki
Y
Y
Ono
R
R
Yamagami
H
H
Saito
M
M
Kawakami
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*