Table 5.
Types of peripheral visual field defects in eyes with permanent branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO)
| Visual Field Defect Type | Superior* | Superior temporal |
Superior macular |
Inferior** | Inferior temporal |
Inferior macular |
Superior Temporal+ Inferior Temporal |
Nasal/Other | Any BRAO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Initial visit within 7 days of onset |
n=7 | n=19 | n=2 | n=3 |
n=20 (2 missing) |
n=3 | n=3 | n=2 |
n=59 (2 missing) |
| No peripheral defect | 2 (11%) | 1 (50%) | 3 (15%) | 2 (67%) | 1 (50%) | 9 (15%) | |||
| Superior nasal sector | 13 (65%) | 1 (33%) | 14 (24%) | ||||||
| Inferior nasal sector | 14 (74%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (50%) | 17 (29%) | ||||
| Superior temporal sector | 1 (33%) | 1 (2%) | |||||||
| Superior temporal and inferior nasal sector |
1 (5%) | 1 (2%) | |||||||
| Superior temporal sector and nasal |
1 (33%) | 1 (2%) | |||||||
| Nasal defect | 1 (5%) | 1 (33%) | 2 (3%) | ||||||
| Inferior field defect | 7 (100%) | 2 (10%) | 9 (15%) | ||||||
| Superior field defect | 3 (100%) | 2 (10%) | 5 (9%) | ||||||
|
Initial visit 8–30 days from onset |
n=5 (1 missing) |
n=18 (3 missing) |
n=3 | n=8 |
n=12 (1 missing) |
n=5 |
n=4 (1 missing) |
n=5 |
n=60 (6 missing) |
| No peripheral defect | 5 (14%) | 3 (25%) | 3 (60%) | 1 (25%) | 12 (20%) | ||||
| Superior nasal sector | 3 (38%) | 9 (75%) | 2 (40%) | 1 (25%) | 15 (25%) | ||||
| Inferior nasal sector | 2 (40%) | 13 (86%) | 2 (67%) | 17 (28%) | |||||
| Superior temporal sector | 1 (12%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (4%) | ||||||
| Inferior temporal sector | 1 (33%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (4%) | ||||||
| Nasal defect | 2 (50%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (5%) | ||||||
| Temporal defect | 1 (20%) | 1 (2%) | |||||||
| Inferior field defect | 3 (60%) | 1 (20%) | 4 (7%) | ||||||
| Superior field | 4 (50%) | 4 (7%) | |||||||
| ALL BRAO |
n=13, 1 unk onset (1 missing) |
n=39 (3 missing) |
n=5 | n=11 |
n=33, 1 unk onset (3 missing) |
n=8 |
n=7 (1 missing) |
n=8 1 unk onset (1 missing, unk onset) |
n=124, 4 unk onset (9 missing) |
| No peripheral defect | 7 (18%) | 1 (20%) | 6 (18%) | 5 (63%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (12%) | 21 (17%) | ||
| Superior nasal sector | 1 (3%) | 3 (27%) | 23 (70%) | 2 (25%) | 2 (29%) | 31 (25%) | |||
| Inferior nasal sector | 2 (15%) | 28 (72%) | 3 (60%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (12%) | 35 (28%) | |||
| Superior temporal and inferior nasal sector |
1 (3%) | 1 (1%) | |||||||
| Superior temporal sector | 1 (9%) | 1 (12%) | 1 (12%) | 3 (2%) | |||||
| Inferior temporal sector | 1 (8%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (25%) | 4 (3%) | |||||
| Superior temporal sector and nasal |
1 (14%) | 1 (1%) | |||||||
| Nasal defect | 1 (3%) | 3 (43%) | 1 (12%) | 5 (4%) | |||||
| Temporal defect | 1 (12%) | 1 (1%) | |||||||
| Inferior field defect | 10 (77%) | 2 (6%) | 1 (12%) | 13 (10%) | |||||
| Superior field defect | 7 (63%) | 2 (6%) | 9 (7%) |
*
Superior temporal+superior nasal
**
Inferior temporal+inferior nasal. unk = unkown