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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2016

Amaurosis fugax - delay between symptoms and surgery by specialty.

Pia Kvickström, Bertil Lindblom, Göran Bergström, Madeleine Zetterberg

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Retinal vascular occlusions.Lancet (London, England) · 2020
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  3. Acute retinal arterial ischemia.Annals of eye science · 2018
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  4. Lights Out: An Unusual Case of Amaurosis Fugax.The American journal of medicine · 2018
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Pia KvickströmDepartment of Ophthalmology, Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde.
Bertil LindblomDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg; Department of Ophthalmology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal.
Göran BergströmDepartment of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg; Department of Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Madeleine ZetterbergDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg; Department of Ophthalmology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe the time course of management of patients with amaurosis fugax and analyze differences in management by different specialties.

methodsPatients diagnosed with amaurosis fugax and subjected to carotid ultrasound in 2004-2010 at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (n=302) were included in this retrospective cohort study, and data were collected from medical records.

resultsThe prevalence of significant carotid stenosis was 18.9%, and 14.2% were subjected to carotid endarterectomy. A trend of longer delay for surgery was noted for patients first consulting a general practitioner (

conclusionInitially consulting an ophthalmologist does not delay the time to ultrasound or carotid endarterectomy. The overall time from symptoms to surgery is longer than recommended for a majority of the patients, especially for patients from rural areas and for patients initially consulting a general practitioner.

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amaurosis fugaxcarotid endarterectomycarotid stenosiscarotid ultrasoundtransient ischemic attacktransient monocular visual loss

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