Translumenal Nd:YAG laser embolysis for branch retinal artery occlusion

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-216

  Opremcak, E Mitchel ^a   Benner, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a Retina Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION;

EID: 0036964081     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200204000-00013     Document Type: Article

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