Transient cortical blindness after cardiac catheterization with iobitridol
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Published on: July 21, 2013
Mehmet Yazici1, Hakan Ozhan, Ozan Kinay
1Department of Cardiology, Duzce University School of Medicine, 81620 Duzce, Turkey.
Abstract:
The occurrence rate of transient cortical blindness after contrast media exposure has been reported to be as high as 1% to 4% after cerebral or vertebral angiography, but such blindness has been described in only a few cases of coronary angiography with modern, non-ionic, low-osmolality radio-contrast agents. In this study, we present a case of abrupt cortical blindness after exposure to contrast media during diagnostic coronary angiography; to our knowledge, this is the 1st report in the medical literature that describes transient cortical blindness after iobitridol use.
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