Visual loss after coronary artery bypass surgery

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 453-457

  Moster, Mark L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BLINDNESS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031922733     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(97)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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