[Branch occlusion of the central retinal artery during coronary angiography (author's transl)]

A 49-year-old man went blind in his left eye during coronary angiography. The following day an occlusion of the inferior temporal and inferior nasal branch of the central retinal artery was detected, associated with a moderate papilledema of the inferior part of the optic disk as well as retinal edema of the inferior fundus. Fluorescein angiography confirmed the clinical diagnosis, perimetry revealed loss of visual field in the superior half. Seven months after the initial examination the patient displayed a partial optic atrophy of the inferior portion of the disk associated with a moderate neovascularization in that area. The visual field loss remained unchanged.