An old problem, a new solution.
A 75-year-old woman with painful visual loss was diagnosed with ocular ischemic syndrome secondary to restenosis of the carotid artery following endarterectomy. She underwent carotid artery stenting, which has become an alternative to carotid endarectomy for primary carotid stenosis but is now also becoming more popular for recurrent carotid artery stenosis.
Fintelmann
Robert E
RE
Wills Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. rofi@gmx.li
Rosenwasser
Robert H
RH
Jabbour
Pascal
P
Chang
Emmanuel
E
Foroozan
Rod
R
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D013577:Syndrome; D014792:Visual Acuity