Transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of branch retinal artery obstruction.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We examined a 28-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman with branch retinal artery obstruction. Both were examined exhaustively. In each patient, a patent foramen ovale was demonstrated by transesophageal echocardiography after a transthoracic study disclosed no abnormalities. These observations suggest that transesophageal echocardiography is valuable in examining young patients with retinal emboli in whom cardiac abnormalities are suspected.
Medical subject headings
- Echocardiography
- Retinal Artery Occlusion