Cortical blindness following coronary arteriography: A rare but self- cured complication: Two case reports

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 803-806

  Antonellis, John ^a,b   Kostopoulos, Konstandinos ^a   Rambaouni, Athina ^a   Margaris, Nikolaos ^a   Kranidis, Athanasios ^a   Salahas, Anastasios ^a   Ifantis, George ^a   Koroxenidis, Gabriel ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0029738093     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700808     Document Type: Article

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