Does a visible retinal embolus increase the likelihood of hemodynamically significant carotid artery stenosis in patients with acute retinal arterial occlusion?

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1602-1606

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a,b,c   Brown, Gary C ^b   Pater, Joe L ^a   Cruess, Alan F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Retinavitreous Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION;

EID: 0032407479     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.12.1602     Document Type: Article

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