Cardiovascular system and the eye
          • Describe the ocular changes caused by ischaemia
          • In what ways can carotid artery disease affect the eye? What treatments are available?
          • Describe the effects of ischaemia in the vertibro-basilar arterial system
          • How may systemic hypertension and its treatment affect the visual system?
          • Discuss the clinical features which help to differentiate between disease affecting the carotid and the vertebrobasilar circulatory system.
          • Discuss the investigation of a patient, aged 50, presenting with amaurosis fugax. Describethe clinical manifestations and treatment of giant cell arteritis. Add a note on the histopathology.
          • A 60-year old man appears to be unable to see after recovering from a cardiac arrest.
          • Describe the likely clinical findings and the pathogenesis of central retinal artery occlusion.
          • Discuss the different types of emboli, and their management, that may affect the eye

           
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