Title | Amaurosis Fugax [electronic resource] / edited by Eugene F. Bernstein |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1988 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3776-1 |
Descript | XVII, 310 p. online resource |
Background -- 1 Arterial Anatomy of the Eye -- 2 Clinical Presentation and Differential Diagnosis of Amaurosis Fugax -- 3 Neurologic Mechanisms of Visual Loss -- Pathophysiology -- 4 Angiography of Retinal and Choroid Vascular Disease -- 5 Visual Aspects of Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease -- 6 Occlusion of the Central Retinal Artery -- 7 Retinal Cholesterol Emboli and Retinal Stroke -- 8 Acute Ischemia of the Optic Nerve -- 9 Risk of Cerebrovascular Disease in Patients with Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy -- 10 Chronic Ocular Ischemia and Carotid Vascular Disease -- 11 The Controversy of Venous Stasis Retinopathy -- 12 Role of Vascular Spasm and Ocular Migraine -- 13 Nonembolic Sources of Amaurosis Fugax -- Natural History -- 14 Natural History of Amaurosis Fugax -- Workup -- 15 Noninvasive Vascular Examination in Amaurosis Fugax -- 16 Data from CT Scans: The Significance of Silent Cerebral Infarction and Atrophy -- 17 Angiography in Amaurosis Fugax -- Therapy -- 18 Aspirin Trials in the United States -- 19 Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attacks or Amaurosis Fugax -- 20 The Safety of Carotid Endarterectomy for Amaurosis Fugax -- 21 Long-Term Results of Surgical Therapy for Amaurosis Fugax -- Summary -- 22 Amaurosis Fugax: A Consensus Statement