Dear Editor, Retinal artery occlusion (RAO) is characterized by attenuated arterioles and ischemic retinal opacity, which suggest retinal infarction. Branch RAO (BRAO) has a more favorable prognosis than central RAO (CRAO). CRAO and BRAO can be differentiated based on the isch-emic retinal opacity area, location of the attenuated vessels , and a cherry-red spot [1]. However, we encountered a ca...

Title: Nd-yag Laser Arteriotomy For Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (crao) Author Block: Clayton Scanlon, Matthew Currie, Aaron Grant, Ebru N. Cetin, Levent Akduman. Ophthalmology, Saint Louis University Eye Institute, Saint Louis, MO; Ophthalmology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO.

PURPOSE To present clinical features of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) following retrobulbar anesthesia for intraocular surgery. METHODS This observational case series describes 5 consecutive patients with acute CRAO following retrobulbar anesthesia for intraocular surgery. Data collected for this study included subject characteristics, retrobulbar anesthesia technique, treatment typ...

A 73-year-old gentleman with diabetes mellitus was found to have impending central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), on routine eye check-up. Despite initiation of anti-platelet agent, he developed ischaemic CRVO two months later, with severe macula oedema. His systemic investigations showed good diabetic control, no blood dyscrasia/ hypercoagulable state, normal lipid profile and inflammatory mar...

The aim of the present study was to observe the clinical efficacy and safety of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) combined with compound anisodine in treating central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). Forty-eight patients diagnosed with CRAO were randomly divided into a treatment group (24 cases) and a control group (24 cases). For the control group, nitroglycerin, 654-2, methazol...

BACKGROUND Several case series and a recent meta-analysis indicate that intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) is effective for the treatment of acute central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). METHODS A total of 37 patients with acute monocular blindness because of unilateral thromboembolic CRAO were treated with IAT using urokinase within six hours of the onset of symptoms. Visual outcome was comp...

Purpose To describe a case of Crohn disease presenting as occlusive vasculitis resulting in a central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in one eye and transient ischemic optic neuropathy in the fellow eye. Observations An 18-year-old patient recently diagnosed with biopsy-proven Crohn disease presented with CRAO OD after a previous episode of transient visual loss OS. Extensive workup was negat...

Retinal artery occlusion causes catastrophic, sudden visual loss. It is a true ophthalmic emergency in which every minute of delay increases the risk of irreversible retinal damage [1]. More than 90% of eyes with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) have a sudden, painless decrease in visual acuity to a level of counting fingers to light perception [2]. More than 150 years since the descript...