Jugular venous reflux affects ocular venous system in transient monocular blindness

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-129

  Chung, Chih Ping ^a,b   Hsu, Hung Yi ^b,c   Chao, A Ching ^d   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a   Lin, Shing Jong ^b   Hu, Han Hwa ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Jugular venous reflux; Retinal venule; Transient monocular blindness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VENULE;

ADULT; AGED; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASODILATION; VENULES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70849125954     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262307     Document Type: Article

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