Transient cortical blindness following cardiac catheterization: An alarming but infrequent complication with a good prognosis;Ceguera cortical transitoria como complicación del cateterismo cardiaco: Alarmante, pero infrecuente y de buen pronóstico

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-90

  García De Lara, Juan ^a   Vázquez Rodríguez, José M ^b   Salgado Fernández, Jorge ^b   Calviño Santos, Ramón ^b   Vázquez González, Nicolás ^b   Castro Beiras, Alfonso ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cardiac catheterization; Cerebrovascular circulation; Complications

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; IOHEXOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VISION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 41949137337     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13114964     Document Type: Article

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