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SARS-CoV-2 Impairs Vision
Conclusions: This mini review shows that impaired vision may be the initial manifestation of COVID-19, that all sections of the visual tract may be affected and causative for visual impairment in COVID-19 patients, and that SARS-CoV-2 manifests along the visual tract with ischemia, focal infection, and immunological reactions.
Source: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology - June 1, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Disease of the Year: COVID-19 Source Type: research

Spontaneous choroidal hemorrhage associated with novel oral anticoagulants: A report of two cases and literature review.
We describe two clinical cases of spontaneous choroidal hemorrhage in patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants (rivaroxaban and dabigatran etexilate) for atrial fibrillation. These cases show that an ocular hemorrhagic risk exists with these drugs. Patients treated with DOAC should have the therapeutic dose adjusted based on creatinine clearance. Special monitoring should be performed in patients with age-related macular degeneration or with hypertension even though meta-analysis shows that the risk of intraocular bleeding is reduced by 22% compared with warfarin. PMID: 30213607 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal Francais d Ophtalmologie - September 16, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Tags: J Fr Ophtalmol Source Type: research