A New Form of Retinopathy Associated with Myocardial Infarction Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Overview

Journal Br J Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2004 Mar 20

PMID 15031163

Citations 3

Authors

N Kinoshita

A Kakehashi

T Yasu

T Katayama

M Kuroki

Y Tsurimaki

R Ono

H Yamagami

M Saito

M Kawakami

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Abstract

Aim: To report a new form of retinopathy that was observed in patients who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods: Serial ophthalmological examinations were conducted in 40 patients who underwent PCI. Thirty patients were diagnosed with AMI, and another 10 had stable angina pectoris.

Results: Cotton wool spots developed in 17 (57%) patients from the group with AMI undergoing PCI (n = 30) within 2 months. Of these, 41% (seven patients) also developed superficial haemorrhages. Retinopathy was most prominent 1-2 months after AMI and then tended to become quiescent afterwards, without treatment.

Conclusion: We have identified a new form of retinopathy in patients with AMI that spontaneously subsides without treatment.

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