ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A645 RISK OF RECURRENT STROKE IN PATIENTS WITH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION CAUSED BY SYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS
Elias Johansson, Sofia Strömberg, Joakim Nordanstig, Annika Nordanstig · 2026
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Elias Johansson and co-authors present a 2026 conference study on repeat stroke risk after eye artery blockage tied to a narrowed neck vessel. Eye warning events are known to carry lower risk than brain warning events. Whether a full eye blockage differs from brief eye vision loss has been hard to tell.
The team studied more than nine hundred patients with a narrowed neck vessel who awaited surgery. Before surgery, the ninety-day risk of a repeat event was low and alike for both eye groups. After surgery, stroke or death within thirty days was also far less common for eye cases than brain cases. The authors say why eye events carry lower risk is still not clear.
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| CREATOR | Elias Johansson, Sofia Strömberg, Joakim Nordanstig, Annika Nordanstig |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |