Prevalence and associations of retinal emboli with ethnicity, stroke, and renal disease in a multiethnic Asian population: The Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Disease Study
JAMA Ophthalmology Sep 05, 2017
Cheung N, et al. – The prevalence of and risk factors for retinal emboli were explored in a large, contemporary, multiethnic Asian population. The retinal emboli were most commonly seen in Indian cohort. it correlated with conventional cardiovascular risk factors, stroke, and chronic kidney disease. Hence, its presence could signal vascular embolic event and damage not only in the brain but also in the kidneys. The affirmation of these findings would indicate that persons with retinal emboli possibly needed both general cardiovascular and renal assessment.
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