Retinal artery occlusion and associated recurrent vascular risk with underlying etiologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

RAO is caused by various etiologies and subsequent vascular events may be associated with underlying etiologies. Our aim is to investigate the etiologies of RAO, the occurrence of subsequent vascular events and their association in patients with RAO.

Methods

We analyzed data from 151 consecutive patients presenting with acute non-arteritic RAO between 2003 and 2013 in a single tertiary-care hospital. The primary outcome was the occurrence of a vascular event defined as stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death within 365 days of the RAO onset. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazard model were used to estimate the hazard ratio of the vascular events.

Results

Large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) was the etiology more

SUBMITTER: Hong JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5453434 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature