An old problem, a new solution

Surv Ophthalmol. 2010 Jan-Feb;55(1):85-8. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2009.03.005.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography
  • Blindness / etiology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal*
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnosis*
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Stenosis / surgery
  • Catheterization
  • Endarterectomy, Carotid
  • Eye / blood supply*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Ischemia / etiology
  • Pain / etiology
  • Recurrence
  • Stents
  • Syndrome
  • Visual Acuity