Common causes of branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) are thrombosis, an embolus from an atherosclerotic plaque (carotid artery, aortic valve, mitral valve), a platelet fibrin embolus from ...

Abstract Purpose To assess the prevalence of vascular risk factors and thrombophilias in central and branch retinal artery occlusion in patients in whom an embolic source is not apparent.

Macular scanning may be important in baseline glaucoma evaluation to differentiate occult branch retinal artery occlusion from primary open-angle glaucoma and lead to fewer clinical implications ...

Patients with ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis of 70% or more or occlusion after the onset of acute retinal arterial ischemia were at high risk for ischemic stroke, according to a retrospective ...

Overall, the study found 12 cases of retinal artery occlusion and 43 cases of retinal vein occlusion in the 6 months before a COVID-19 infection.

This paper describes a patient with central-retinal-artery occlusion in migraine, followed for eight years, with no evidence of other complicating abnormality. Case Report ...

Women filling a prescription for female hormone therapy (FHT), and presumably taking FHT, are not at increased risk of retinal artery or retinal vein occlusions.

Rates of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), which is associated with and shares common risk factors with cardiovascular diseases, have decreased over time in Korea, a recent cohort study of ...

(HealthDay)—Acute central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a medical emergency, and patients should be immediately triaged to an emergency department for appropriate management, according to a ...