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Case Reports
. 1993 Dec;70(6):563-4.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.70.6.563.

Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography

R Parry  1 , J R Rees, P Wilde
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Case Reports

Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography

R Parry et al. Br Heart J. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

Transient visual loss lasting three days developed after transfemoral coronary angiography in a 62 year old man. Computed tomography (CT) showed bilateral leakage of contrast medium into the occipital cortex. A repeat CT scan after his sight recovered showed clearance of contrast with no underlying infarction. A breakdown of the blood-brain barrier with direct neurotoxicity of the contrast media seemed to be the cause of these neurological changes after coronary angiography which apparently have not been reported before.

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