Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1246-1251

  Alp, B N ^a   Bozbuǧa, Nilgün ^b   Tuncer, M A ^b   Yakut, C ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Cortical blindness

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; EYE FUNDUS; EYE MOVEMENT; FOCAL DYSTONIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT CORTICAL BLINDNESS; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350512133     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700433     Document Type: Article

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