The conundrum of transient cortical blindness following coronary angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1063-1065

  Borghi, Claudia ^a   Saia, Francesco ^a   Marzocchi, Antonio ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Blood; Brain barrier; Contrast; Cortical blindness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BROMAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; IOMEPROL; METOPROLOL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VERAPAMIL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIAL ARTERY; SLEEP DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; INSTRUMENTATION; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; STENT; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BENZODIAZEPINES; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249101269     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282fe1718     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Merchut MP, Richie B. Transient visuospatial disorder from angiographic contrast. Arch Neurol 2002; 59:851-854.
2. Sticherling C, Berkefeld J, Auch-Schwelk W, Lanfermann H. Transient bilateral cortical blindness after coronary angiography. Lancet 1998; 351:570.
3. Andersen PE, Bolstad B, Berg KJ, Justesen P, Thayssen P, Kloster YF. Iodixanol and ioxaglate in cardioangiography: a double-blind randomized phase III study. Clin Radiol 1993; 48:268-272.
4. Lantos G. Cortical blindness due to osmotic disruption of the blood-brain barrier by angiographic contrast material: CT and MRI studies. Neurology 1989; 39:567-571.
5. Saigal G, Bhatia R, Bhatia S, Wakhloo AK. MR findings of cortical blindness following cerebral angiography: is this entity related to posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2004; 25: 252-256.
6. Sharp S, Stone J, Beach R. Contrast agent neurotoxicity presenting as subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurology 1999; 52:1503-1505.
7. Edvinsson L, Owman C, Sjoberg NO. Autonomic nerves, mast cells, and amine receptors in human brain vessels. A histochemical and pharmacological study. Brain Res 1976; 115:377-393.
8. Heistad DD. Protection of the blood-brain barrier during acute and chronic hypertension. Fed Proc 1984; 43:205-209.
9. Schwartz RB, Jones KM, Kalina P, Bajakian RL, Mantello MT, Garada B, et al. Hypertensive encephalopathy: findings on CT, MR imaging, and SPECT imaging in 14 cases. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1992; 159:379-383.
10. Danenberg HD, Lotan C. Nonrecurring transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography: a role for hypoventilation and hypercarbia? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2006; 67: 384-385.
11. Zwicker JC, Sila CA. MRI findings in a case of transient cortical blindness after cardiac catheterization. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2002; 57:47-49.
12. Albayram S, Ozer H. MR imaging findings of cortical blindness following cerebral angiography: is this entity related to posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2005; 26:193-194.
13. Rama BN, Pagano TV, DelCore M, Knobel KR, Lee J. Cortical blindness after cardiac catheterization: effect of rechallenge with dye. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1993; 28:149-151.
14. Eckel TS, Breiter SN, Monsein LH. Subarachnoid contrast enhancement after spinal angiography mimicking diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1998; 170:503-505.
15. Chakeres DW, Bryan RN. Acute subarachnoid hemorrhage: in vitro comparison of magnetic resonance and computed tomography. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1986; 7: 223-228.
16. Lund C, Nes RB, Ugelstad TP, Due-Tonnessen P, Andersen R, Hol PK, et al. Cerebral emboli during left heart catheterization may cause acute brain injury. Eur Heart J 2005; 26:1269-1275.
17. Hamon M, Gomes S, Clergeau MR, Fradin S, Morello R, Hamon M. Risk of acute brain injury related to cerebral microembolism during cardiac catheterization performed by right upper limb arterial access. Stroke 2007; 38: 2176-2179.
18. Yildiz A, Yencilek E, Apaydin FD, Duce MN, Ozer C, Atalay A. Transient partial amnesia complicating cardiac and peripheral arteriography with nonionic contrast medium. Eur Radiol 2003; 13 (Suppl 4):L113-L115.