Adverse effects of fluorescein angiography

Adverse reactions of fluorescein angiography: a prospective study.

PURPOSES To determine both the incidence of adverse reactions in patients who underwent fluorescein angiography for the first time and to determine whether systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes or allergy history increases the chance of reaction to intravenous fluorescein. METHODS Data collection was carried out between January 2001 and October 2002 in Recife, Brazil. Patients with prior f...

Fundus photography and fluorescein angiography Fluorescein angiography

Fluorescein angiography is a clinical diagnostic test procedure in which rapid-sequence photography is performed after intravenous injection of sodium fluorescein. The procedure allows the documentation of the retinal circulation. Of equal importance is the ability of the angiogram to outline the entire retinal vascular bed. Previous clinical methods of examination of the fundus enabled the phy...

Fluorescein Angiography Authors:

Introduction Fluorescein angiography (FA) was introduced in ophthalmology by Novotny and Alvis in the sixties of the last century. They took serial fundus photographs after intravenous injection of sodium fluorescein to study the retinal and choroidal circulation(1). Initially, they used this technique in diabetic and hypertensive patients and after, the technique was used in age-related macula...

Fundus photography and fluorescein angiography.

Fluorescein angiography of the anterior segment.

In conjunctival and corneal diseases, invasion of the corneal substance by vessels is often the forerunner of more serious disease. The study of vessels in detail is of importance in the assessment of such disease processes and, in particular, in following their natural history and response to treatment. Reports of fluorescein angiography of the anterior segment have generally concerned the mic...