Central retinal vein and artery occlusion associated with sildenafil: a case report and review of the literature

Table 2 Previously reported cases of retinal vascular accidents following sildenafil usage with critical scrutiny

Study	Accident	Age	Time to event	Comorbidity and risk factors	Sildenafil dose	Score
Current study	CRVO, NAAION, BRAO	32	3h	NO	100	4
Tripathi [16]	BRAO	69	4	NA	100	2
Bertolucci [21]	Hemi-RAO	51	4	HTN	100 + 100 (1 day before)	1
Akash [12]	NAAION, Cilioretinal artery occlusion	54	few	No	200	2
Gedik [13]	CRVO NAAION Cilioretinal artery occlusion	36	< 24h	Hemodialysis Small cup/disc	100	1
Pinto [20]	CRVO	74	72h	COPD, PAH	NA	3
Hafidi [15]	CRVO, Cilioretinal artery occlusion	40	NA	NA	100 + 100 (on two consecutive days)	2
Sinha [22]	NAAION, BRVO	62	NA	Smoking, small cup/disc ratio	200	1

CRVO central retinal vein occlusion, NAAION non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, BRAO branch artery vein occlusion, Hemi-RAO hemi-retinal artery occlusion, HTN hypertension, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PAH pulmonary artery hypertension, BRVO branch retinal vein occlusion

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