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Images in cardiology
Branch retinal artery occlusion following elective percutaneous coronary intervention
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A 71-year-old man presented to the ophthalmic emergency department with painless loss of the upper half of his visual field in the right eye 1 day after elective percutaneous coronary intervention of a type A right coronary artery lesion had been performed uneventfully using acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel. Unfractionated heparin had been used, achieving an activated clotting time of >250 s intraprocedurally.
Visual acuity was 20/40. He …
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