Wisotsky B J, Engel H M
Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467.
Am J Ophthalmol. 1993 May 15;115(5):653-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)71465-5.
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.
我们检查了一名28岁男性和一名19岁女性，他们均患有视网膜分支动脉阻塞。对两人都进行了全面检查。在每位患者中，经胸检查未发现异常后，经食管超声心动图显示存在卵圆孔未闭。这些观察结果表明，经食管超声心动图在检查怀疑有心脏异常的年轻视网膜栓塞患者时具有重要价值。
