RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 563
OP 564
DO 10.1136/hrt.70.6.563
VO 70
IS 6
A1 R Parry
A1 J R Rees
A1 P Wilde
YR 1993
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/70/6/563.abstract
AB 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.