The risk for a cardiovascular event, such as stroke or heart attack, was greater in patients with retinal vein occlusion than in those without, according to a study.
The study is the first large-scale meta-analysis to demonstrate a “fairly strong” association between patients who presented with RVO and subsequent development of cardiovascular events, study co-author Avnish Deobhakta, MD, assistant professor of vitreoretinal surgery at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, told Ocular Surgery News.
“Eye care specialists who see patients with RVO should strongly consider
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