Table 3.

Symptoms during and in connection with AF attack and findings at the eye examination

Signs and symptoms	No significant carotid stenosis*	Significant carotid stenosis*	P-value†
Monocular symptoms only,‡ n (%); n=274 (92.9)
Right eye, n (%)	108 (49.8)	31 (55.4)	0.549
Left eye, n (%)	114 (52.5)	26 (46.4)	0.455
Visual field impairment,§ n=232
Entire visual field loss, n (%)	144 (75.4)	30 (73.2)	0.843
Partial visual field loss, n (%)	45 (23.6)	13 (31.7)	0.320
Light phenomena during or in connection with the AF episode, n (%) n=66	31 (58.5)	5 (38.5)	0.227
Associated symptoms during or in connection with the AF episode
Headache, n (%); n=90	30 (40.0)	4 (26.7)	0.394
Vertigo, n (%); n=80	20 (30.8)	4 (26.7)	1.000
Pain or discomfort in the eye or round the eye, n (%); n=73	14 (23.3)	2 (15.4)	0.720
Diplopia, n (%); n=74	7 (11.7)	0 (0.0)	0.334
Other, n (%); n=102	38 (45.2)	7 (38.9)	0.795
Findings at the eye examination, n=231
Macular edema, n (%)	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Retinal artery embolus, n (%)	3 (1.6)	1 (2.6)	0.525

Notes:

^*A stenosis of the carotid artery was denoted as significant if its value was ≥70%.

^†A P-value <0.05 was considered significant. Fisher’s exact test was used.

^‡Some patients hade monocular symptoms from both the right and left eye alternately.

^§Some patients hade both entire and partial visual field loss and are therefore included in both the groups. Some patients’ had homonym visual field loss. They were included but were neither categorized as entire or partial visual loss.

Abbreviation: AF, amaurosis fugax.