Patients who experienced retinal artery occlusion are at higher risk for death, stroke and myocardial infarction in both the short and long term, according to a large retrospective cohort study.
Data were gathered from TriNetX, an electronic health records database including multiple large health care organizations in the U.S. and globally. A total of 34,552 patients with retinal artery occlusion (RAO) were identified and matched with a control group of patients with similar characteristics who were diagnosed with cataract. The primary outcome was rate of death, stroke or myocardial infarction