scholarly journals Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Acute Visual Loss Due to Retinal Artery Occlusion: Case Report

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-142
Author(s):  
Emre BÜLBÜL ◽  
Taner ŞAHİN ◽  
Mehmet Emin AKÇİN ◽  
Ender SIRAKAYA
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Fernando Montenegro Sá ◽  
Sara I. L. Fernandes ◽  
Rita J. R. Carvalho ◽  
Luís M. G. Santos ◽  
José A. S. Antunes ◽  
...  

Acute visual loss is rarely caused by a heart condition. This manuscript transcribes a case report of a 36-year-old patient with a 2-year history of aortic valve replacement due to bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis that presents to the emergency department with an acute right eye visual loss. After ophthalmologic investigation identified a central retinal artery occlusion, a transthoracic echocardiography was performed to search for a possible cardiac embolus, despite the patient presenting INR values of 2-2.5 for the last year. A mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa pseudoaneurysm was identified. A transoesophageal echocardiography was then performed, identifying a small clot logged inside the pseudoaneurysm that protruded to the left ventricle outflow tract. After INR-adjusted warfarin treatment to levels between 3 and 4, the pseudoaneurysm was surgically closed. This is a rare case since the likely source of embolism to the central retinal artery was the thrombus logged inside the pseudoaneurysm despite a standardly accepted therapeutic INR.


2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Author(s):  
Tarik Ocak ◽  
Mustafa Basturk ◽  
Salih Aydin ◽  
Ozer Kemahli ◽  
Mehmet Emre Abanoz ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 288-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Akpınar ◽  
Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz ◽  
Gülfidan Bitirgen ◽  
Mehmet Özerk Okutan

ABSTRACTPostoperative visual loss is an extremely rare complication of nonocular surgery. The most common causes are ischemic optic neuropathy, central retinal artery occlusion, and cerebral ischemia. Acute visual loss after spinal surgery is even rarer. The most important risk factors are long-lasting operations, massive bleedings, fluid overload, hypotension, hypothermia, coagulation disorders, direct trauma, embolism, long-term external ocular pressure, and anemia. Here, we present a case of a 54-year-old male who developed acute visual loss in his left eye after a lumbar instrumentation surgery and was diagnosed with retinal artery occlusion.


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