Risk factors for ischemic cerebral stroke in patient with acute amaurosis fugax

CONCLUSION: Ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction were diagnosed in 0.3%-0.9% of hospitalized acute AF cases. Presence of hypercoagulable state, systemic vasculitis, CAD, and atherosclerosis each individually increased the risk of ischemic stroke by more than 3-fold; patients with these risk factors and acute AF should be closely monitored for developing acute systemic thrombotic events.PMID:36368408 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcjo.2022.10.010

Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology - November 11, 2022 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tony Y Chen Aditya Uppuluri Owais Aftab Marco Zarbin Nathan Agi Neelakshi Bhagat Source Type: research