| Intra-arterial thrombolysis for central retinal artery occlusion: two cases report. | |
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PMID: 20514326 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) causes severe visual loss in affected eye and vision does not recover in more than 90% of the patients. It is believed that it occurs by occlusion of the central retinal artery with small emboli from atherosclerotic plaque of internal cerebral artery. Retina is a part of the brain, thus basically CRAO is corresponding to acute occlusion of intracerebral artery and retinal ischemia is to cerebral stroke. Therefore, intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) has been considered as a treatment method in CRAO. Recently, we treated 2 patients diagnosed as CRAO and could achieve complete recanalization on fundus fluorescein angiogram with IAT. Of them, one recovered visual acuity to 20/25. We report our 2 CRAO cases treated with IAT and discuss technical aspects for IAT and management of patient. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first Korean report of IAT for CRAO. |
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Authors:
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Gyojun Hwang; Se Joon Woo; Cheolkyu Jung; Kyu Hyung Park; Jeong-Min Hwang; O-Ki Kwon |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-05-24 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of Korean medical science Volume: 25 ISSN: 1598-6357 ISO Abbreviation: J. Korean Med. Sci. Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-06-01 Completed Date: 2010-09-08 Revised Date: 2010-09-30 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8703518 Medline TA: J Korean Med Sci Country: Korea (South) |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 974-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neurosurgery, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. |
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Aged Electroretinography Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use* Fluorescein Angiography Humans Male Middle Aged Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use Retinal Artery Occlusion / diagnosis, drug therapy* Thrombolytic Therapy Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use* Visual Acuity |
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0/Fibrinolytic Agents; 0/Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; EC 3.4.21.73/Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator |
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