Abstract
Objective: We report a case of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) occurred after carotid artery stenting (CAS) for symptomatic carotid artery stenosis.
Case presentation: A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with left transit ischemic attack, and was diagnosed with symptomatic right carotid artery stenosis. He suffered loss of visual acuity and visual field of right eye one day after CAS. He was diagnosed ION by funduscopic examination.
Conclusion: We experienced a rare case of ION after CAS.