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Treatment of Vasospastic Amaurosis Fugax with Calcium-Channel Blockers

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: Amaurosis fugax, a brief loss of vision in one eye, is caused by hypoperfusion of the retinal circulation. If an attack of amaurosis is prolonged, the patient is at risk of permanent visual loss. Since the 1950s, amaurosis fugax has usually been attributed to embolism from the heart or great vessels1 or to carotid occlusive disease. Because of the difficulty in differentiating between these and other causes, amaurosis fugax remains a therapeutic challenge. Depending on the patency of the internal carotid arteries, the principal treatments are anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy2 and carotid endarterectomy3. Vasospasm is rarely reported as a . . .

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199308053290604

Authors: Jacqueline Winterkorn, Mark J. Kupersmith, Jonathan D. Wirtschafter, Scott Forman

Institutions: Cornell University, North Shore University Hospital, NYU Langone Health, New York University, University of Minnesota, Westchester Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2329084480

FWCI: 4.709

Cites: 25

Cited by: 150

Related to: 10