Biomaterial Database

Retinal-vein occlusions: carotid artery evaluation indicated. 1986

E C Lazzaro

In patients presenting with retinal-vein occlusion there is a 50% likelihood that there is concomitant carotid artery disease. Six of 12 patients originally presenting with retinal vein disease were subsequently diagnosed as having carotid artery disease. The implication is clear: Patients with retinal vein occlusions merit careful carotid artery evaluation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D012164	Retinal Diseases	Diseases involving the RETINA.	Disease, Retinal,Diseases, Retinal,Retinal Disease
D002340	Carotid Artery Diseases	Pathological conditions involving the CAROTID ARTERIES, including the common, internal, and external carotid arteries. ATHEROSCLEROSIS and TRAUMA are relatively frequent causes of carotid artery pathology.	Carotid Atherosclerosis,Common Carotid Artery Disease,Internal Carotid Artery Disease,Arterial Diseases, Carotid,Arterial Diseases, Common Carotid,Arterial Diseases, External Carotid,Arterial Diseases, Internal Carotid,Atherosclerotic Disease, Carotid,Carotid Artery Disorders,Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease,Common Carotid Artery Diseases,External Carotid Artery Diseases,Internal Carotid Artery Diseases,Arterial Disease, Carotid,Artery Disease, Carotid,Artery Diseases, Carotid,Artery Disorder, Carotid,Artery Disorders, Carotid,Atherosclerotic Diseases, Carotid,Carotid Arterial Disease,Carotid Arterial Diseases,Carotid Artery Disease,Carotid Artery Disorder,Carotid Atheroscleroses,Carotid Atherosclerotic Diseases,Disorders, Carotid Artery
D004691	Endarterectomy	Surgical excision, performed under general anesthesia, of the atheromatous tunica intima of an artery. When reconstruction of an artery is performed as an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it is called ATHERECTOMY.	Thromboendarterectomy,Endarterectomies,Thromboendarterectomies
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012169	Retinal Vein	Central retinal vein and its tributaries. It runs a short course within the optic nerve and then leaves and empties into the superior ophthalmic vein or cavernous sinus.	Central Retinal Vein,Central Retinal Veins,Retinal Vein, Central,Retinal Veins,Retinal Veins, Central,Vein, Central Retinal,Vein, Retinal,Veins, Central Retinal,Veins, Retinal