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Bill Harvey discusses the condition from Optician 13.11.09

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Here we see a wonderful image of an inferior temporal branch retinal artery occlusion. All arterial occlusions need to be treated as a medical emergency requiring medical intervention. This might be an ocular emergency, if it is known to be recent, or a general medical concern because of the potential for further occlusion affecting the opposite eye, or worse still, the brain, heart or lung.

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