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Amaurosis fugax, a brief loss of vision in one eye, is caused by hypoperfusion of the retinal circulation. If an attack of amaurosis is prolonged, the patient is at risk of permanent visual loss. Since the 1950s, amaurosis fugax has usually been attributed to embolism from the heart or great vessels¹ or to carotid occlusive disease. Because of the difficulty in differentiating between these and other causes, amaurosis fugax remains a therapeutic challenge. Depending on the patency of the internal carotid arteries, the principal treatments are anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy² and carotid endarterectomy³. Vasospasm is rarely reported as a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Ophthalmology, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, N.Y. (J.M.S.W.); the Department of Ophthalmology and Neurology, New York University Medical Center, New York (M.J.K.); the Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (J.D.W.); and the Department of Ophthalmology, Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, N.Y. (S.F.).

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