Clinical Review
Intraocular Pressure Changes During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Pump and Off-Pump Cardiac Surgeries
Fed Pract. 2010 January;27(1):17
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William Park, MD; Susanne Tidow-Kebritchi, MD; Ping Bu, MD, PhD; Bruce S. Kleinman, MD; Don J. DePinto, MD; Jay I. Perlman, MD, PhD
The complication of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) occurs in up to 1.3% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).(1) AION's effects can be devastating—some cases cause unilateral or bilateral blindness. And, unfortunately, no effective treatment for such vision loss is available.