Central Retinal Artery Occlusion by Left Atrial Myxoma
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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion by Left Atrial Myxoma
Dear Editor, Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is an ophthal-mic emergency and the ocular analogue of cerebral stroke. This condition mostly occurs in patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, or carotid artery athero-sclerosis in elderly people [1]. Left atrial myxoma, the most common primary cardiac tumor, is usually fatal unless surgically resected [2]. We report a ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1011-8942,2092-9382
DOI: 10.3341/kjo.2017.31.1.88