Russian patient’s sudden visual loss leads to stroke treatment in Sanya
Sanya Hongsen Hospital describes an ophthalmology-to-neurology referral, emergency thrombolysis and a joint brain and heart assessment for a Russian patient.
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A Russian patient who sought help for sudden loss of clear vision in the left eye received emergency stroke treatment at Sanya Hongsen Hospital. The hospital’s September 10, 2025 account traces the referral from ophthalmology to neurology, followed by cardiac investigations and a return visit after discharge.
Eye symptoms prompted a neurological referral
The visual problem had lasted about an hour when the patient attended the eye department. Ophthalmology director Huang Jianwei examined him and concluded that the symptoms were not explained by an eye disease. He promptly referred the patient to neurology.
Neurology director Wang Minghui reviewed the symptoms and suspected an acute cerebral infarction. An urgent MRI confirmed an acute infarction in the left occipital lobe. The neurology team immediately administered intravenous thrombolysis. Soon afterwards, the patient’s reported difficulty seeing with the left eye began to improve.
Brain and heart investigations coordinated
The team continued investigating why the stroke had occurred. Cardiac examinations identified atrial fibrillation, which the clinicians considered a possible cause rather than an established explanation.
Following multidisciplinary discussion, neurologist Jiang Hao and cardiologist Zhang Bo jointly performed cerebral and coronary angiography. Both examinations were carried out through the radial artery under local anaesthesia.
The investigations found a distal arterial blockage on the left and mild-to-moderate atherosclerotic narrowing of the coronary arteries. Based on those findings, the doctors selected conservative medical treatment. Neurology staff continued caring for the patient as his condition improved and measured clinical indicators stabilized.
Review after discharge
Once stable, he was discharged from hospital. A week later, he returned with family members for follow-up. At that visit, the hospital described the vision in his left eye as largely back to normal, and he thanked the staff who had treated him.