Retinal embolization during carotid angioplasty and stenting: Mechanisms and role of cerebral protection systems

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 320-327

  Wilentz, James R ^a   Chati, Zukai ^b   Krafft, Veronique ^b   Amor, Max ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Luke's Roosevelt Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amaurosis fugax; Blindness; Carotid artery, internal; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Emboli; Retinal artery; Stents; Transient ischemic attack, carotid circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CATHETERIZATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EMBOLISM; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; RETINAL ARTERY; STENTS;

EID: 0036295146     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10232     Document Type: Article

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