ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2016
Amaurosis fugax: risk factors and prevalence of significant carotid stenosis.
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- Gene expression profiles of carotid plaques differ between patients with amaurosis fugax and those with cerebral transient ischaemic attack or stroke.Cardiovascular research · 2026Article
- Case report of secondary angle closure glaucoma from a Soemmering's ring presenting with episodes of transient total monocular vision loss.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2025Article
- Inflammatory Biomarkers and Carotid Atherosclerosis: The Predictive Role of the Neutrophil/Albumin Ratio.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Ocular Manifestations and Complications of Patent Foramen Ovale: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Case of Amaurosis Fugax in the Setting of a Persistent Primitive Hypoglossal Artery Requiring Carotid Endarterectomy with Regional Anesthesia.The American journal of case reports · 2023Article
- When Can an Emergency CTA Be Dispensed with for TIA Patients?Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Associations among Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and Amaurosis Fugax in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Taiwan.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The effect of systemic factors on retinal blood flow in patients with carotid stenosis: an optical coherence tomography angiography study.GeroScience · 2022Article
- What is the added value of CT-angiography in patients with transient ischemic attack?BMC neurology · 2022Article
- Recurrent migraine with binocular transient vision loss associated with acute stroke: A case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
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- Retinal vascular occlusions.Lancet (London, England) · 2020Review
- Carotid artery stenosis, an underestimated cause of stroke recurrence in patients with ischaemic monocular visual loss.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2019Observational
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to describe clinical characteristics and prevalence of carotid stenosis in patients with amaurosis fugax (AF).
methodPatients diagnosed with AF and subjected to carotid ultrasound in 2004-2010 in Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg (n=302), were included, and data were retrospectively collected from medical records.
resultsThe prevalence of significant carotid stenosis was 18.9%, and 14.2% of the subjects were subjected to carotid endarterectomy. Significant associations with risk of having ≥70% stenosis were male sex (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 2.62; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.26-5.46), current smoking (aOR: 6.26; 95% CI: 2.62-14.93), diabetes (aOR: 3.68; 95% CI: 1.37-9.90) and previous vasculitis (aOR: 10.78; 95% CI: 1.36-85.5). A majority of the patients (81.4%) was seen by an ophthalmologist prior to the first ultrasound. Only 1.7% of the patients exhibited retinal artery emboli at examination.
conclusionThe prevalence of carotid stenosis among patients with AF is higher than has previously been demonstrated in stroke patients. An association with previously reported vascular risk factors and with vasculitis is seen in this patient group. Ocular findings are scarce.
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