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Blindness with Superior Vena Cava Obstruction after Cardiac Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

H. Algethamy ,
D. Nicolle ,
R. Novick ,
A. Saito  and
G.B. Young
H. Algethamy*
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesia, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
D. Nicolle
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
R. Novick
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
A. Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
G.B. Young
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
*
Departments of Anesthesia and Neurocritical Care, Room B10-106, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 897 - 900
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