A 45-year-old woman with a cutaneous lupus without antiphospholipid antibody, treated by prophylactic anticoagulation, presented with an acute and severe painless vision loss of the left eye. Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) was diagnosed on ophthalmologic examination (figure 1). MRI suggested a primitive inflammation of the ophthalmic artery (figure 2). There was no evidence of a cardia...

l. Studies using clorgyline, deprenyl and semicarbazide as inhibitors showed that carp heart homogenate contained a new type of monoamine oxidase (MAO) and a clorgylineand deprenyl-resistant amine oxidase (CRAO). 2. The deamination of monoamines by carp heart MAO proceeded in two steps by a doubledisplacement (ping-pong) mechanism. 3. The rC, values of the MAO for oxygen (K, values) with tyrami...

Here we report a case of central retinal artery occlusion revealing an ischemic cardiomyopathy. A 54-year old smoker man presented at the hospital because of sudden visual loss in his left eye. There was cherry-red spot in the macula in his left eye. We performed a fluorescein angiogram and cervical color Doppler. Later investigations revealed an ischemic cardiomyopathy undiagnosed until then.

A 65-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with complaints of sudden, painless, decrease in vision, and sectoral visual field defect in the left eye and later presented to our clinic again with a history of sudden loss of vision in her right eye. In this case study we reported that the patient had branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) in the left eye and at the same time progressing centra...

Background and purpose Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a neuro-ophthalmological emergency necessitating adequate comprehensive diagnosis. Its optimal management treatment, however, are still under debate. This study aimed at identifying respective areas for improvement. Methods We retrospectively analysed the medical records of patients with CRAO treated in our stroke unit between Ja...

PURPOSE/BACKGROUND Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is usually a blinding event, and is not an infrequent presentation to the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The evidence-base in support of current treatment options is weak. METHODS This paper reviewed the literature germane to the diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of retinal arterial occlusive disease. RESULTS ...

BACKGROUND Perfusion of the optic nerve has been widely studied using fluorescein angiography (FAG), which is currently regarded as the criterion standard. However, FAG has adverse effects associated with intravenous contrast administration and is limited in its capacity to characterize and stratify the different vascular layers of the optic nerve and retina. The use of new imaging techniques, ...

OBJECTIVE Ophthalmic complications are common in acute GCA. Do temporal artery ultrasound and clinical parameters correlate with the occurrence and severity of ophthalmic complications? METHODS The results of temporal artery ultrasound examinations are compared with the occurrence of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION), central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), branch retinal artery occ...