Amaurosis fugax risk factors

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In a small minority of those who experience amaurosis, stroke or vision loss has resulted. Diabetes, hypertension and smoking are factors known to increase the risks of suffering this condition. It also can be the result of surgical repair to the mitral valve, when very small emboli may break away from the site of the repair, while the patient’s tissue grows to cover the plastic annuloplasty band.