[Cortical blindness following coronary angiography].

Cortical blindness: a rare but dramatic complication following coronary angiography.

Transient cortical blindness after coronary artery angiography

Coronary angiography is the current gold standard for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease and therefore the prevalence of percutaneous coronary procedures such as angiography and angioplasty is high. The occurrence of cerebral complications after coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty is low and it mainly includes transient ischemic attack and stroke. The prevalence of transient cort...

Transient cortical blindness related to coronary angiography and graft study.

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 1 July 2002 177 1 43-44 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2002 www.mja.com.au Lessons from Practice TRANSIENT CORTICAL BLINDNESS related to coronary angiography was first reported in 1970.1 Since then there have been fewer than two dozen cases recorded, some of which include angiography of coronary bypass grafts.2-5 This is a rare neurological co...

Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography: a case report and literature review.

Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography is a rarely encountered, rapidly progressive complication with complete return of vision within hours to up to five days.. Patients at risk include those undergoing coronary artery bypass graft study and those with renal failure. Although, the exact mechanism is not clear, the most likely explanation is a breakdown of blood brain barrier w...

Transient cortical blindness can also be seen in the absence of contrast enhancement at computed tomography scan after coronary angiography

Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography or angioplasty is a rare complication. Patients with aortocoronary bypass grafts such as internal mammary artery have a seperate risk factor probably because of the direct contrast injection to the vertebral artery during the catheterisation of the internal mammary artery ostium. In most cases, computed tomography scan revealed typical, sy...