Local fibrinolysis of central retinal artery occlusion using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

Abstract EN

Centralretinalartery occlusionfrequently results inper-manentblindness.

Conventionaltherapeuticprocedures«٢،' generally’ ineffective.

Fibrinolysis nut}’ be effective if ap-plied within a few hours front the onset of symptoms.

We report « case of acute ophthalmic and central retinal «٢-tery س'،*»/ءءم treated by’ local intra-arterial recombinant tissue plasminogen activator twenty’ /?ا’،' hours after the onset ofsymptoms which resulted in recanalisation ofthe occluded vessels and partial recovery of vision.

Local fi-brinolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator may be bénéficiai even later (bon twenty hours after acute visual loss