Transient cortical blindness after cardiac catheterization with iobitridol

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-375

  Yazici, Mehmet ^a   Ozhan, Hakan ^a   Kinay, Ozan ^b   Kilicaslan, Baris ^b   Karaca, Mustafa ^b   Cece, Hasan ^c   Biceroglu, Serdar ^b   Ergene, Oktay ^b  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ataturk Research and Training State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blindness etiology radiography; Blood brain barrier drug effects; Cerebral cortex drug effects; Cognition disorders etiology; Contrast media administration dosage drug effects; Coronary angiography; Iobitridol; Iohexol adverse effects diagnostic use

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENOXAPARIN; IOBITRIDOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENETRIX;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROGRADE AMNESIA;

AGED; BLINDNESS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IOHEXOL;

EID: 35848963164     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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