Carotid artery stenosis, an underestimated cause of stroke recurrence in patients with ischaemic monocular visual loss.

CONCLUSIONS: Carotid stenosis ≥ 50% is present in patients with ocular ischaemia in approximately 20% of those with persistent visual loss and in 10% with transient visual loss. Those with carotid stenosis have a higher risk of stroke recurrence and should be considered urgent surgical intervention as other forms of stroke. PMID: 31155910 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - June 2, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Cheng SF, Zarkali A, Richards T, Simister R, Chandratheva A Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research