Systemic Hypertension and the Eye: Highlighting a Comorbidity

Systemic Hypertension and the Eye: Highlighting a Comorbidity

Purpose: To identify ocular comorbidity in systemic hypertension. Methods: Research findings include data of 566 patients with RVO ( retinal vein occlusion) 408 and 158 patients with the central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) respectively, representing a cases and and 566 controls, all aged 31 years and older. Excluded from case and control group were per...

the association of primary open angle glaucoma and systemic hypertension in patients referred to farabi eye hospital

purpose : to investigate the association of primary open angle glaucoma (poag) and systemic hypertension in patients referred to farabi eye hospital methods : in this case-control study in farabi eye hospital. one hundred patients were selected randomly from poag patients of glaucoma clinic, farabi eye hospital. control group consists of 100 patients, candidates for cataract surgery. history of...

the investigation of the relationship between type a and type b personalities and quality of translation

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Systemic Hypertension and the Eyes

The eye in hypertension.

Hypertension has a range of effects on the eye. Hypertensive retinopathy refers to retinal microvascular signs that develop in response to raised blood pressure. Signs of hypertensive retinopathy are frequently seen in adults 40 years and older, and are predictive of incident stroke, congestive heart failure, and cardiovascular mortality--independently of traditional risk factors. Hypertension ...