Fifty-eight cases of ocular ischemic diseases caused by carotid artery stenosis / 中华医学杂志(英文版)
Chinese Medical Journal
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(24): 2662-2665, 2010.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>The blood supply to the eye comes from the retinal central vascular system of the ophthalmic artery and the ciliary vascular system. The ophthalmic artery stems from the ipsilateral internal carotid artery. If occlusion or stenosis occurs in the carotid artery, the blood perfusion to the ophthalmic artery becomes insufficient, leading to signs and symptoms of anterior and posterior ocular ischemia. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of ocular ischemic diseases caused by carotid artery stenosis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>This study was a retrospective review of 145 patients with carotid artery stenosis. Fifty-eight patients who had symptoms of ocular ischemic disease caused by carotid artery stenosis formed group A and the other 87 patients who only had carotid artery stenosis formed group B. We analyzed the causes and course of disease, and relative risk factors, by comparing the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The degree of carotid artery stenosis in group A was higher than that in group B. And group A had a greater decrease of ophthalmic artery flow. Male, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and smoking were significantly related to carotid artery stenosis. Amaurosis fugax was the most common ocular symptom in group A. The ocular ischemic diseases mainly included ischemic optic neuropathy, central/branch retinal artery occlusion, ophthalmoplegia externa, and ocular ischemic syndrome.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Carotid artery stenosis correlates with ocular ischemic diseases. Ophthalmologists must observe for ocular symptoms, which were the onset symptoms in some patients.</p>
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Main subject:
Smoking
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Carotid Stenosis
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Eye Diseases
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Hemodynamics
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Hyperlipidemias
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Hypertension
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Ischemia
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Medical Journal
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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