Association Between Caliber of Retinal Vessels and Cardiovascular Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Shaohua GuoSongtao YinGary TseGuangping LiLong SuTong LiuPublished in: Current atherosclerosis reports (2020)
The caliber of retinal vessels has been recognized as an important biomarker for risk stratification in various cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, and mortality. Non-invasively quantifying retinal vasculature may be useful in screening individuals who are at risk of cardiovascular disease. Further evaluating the role of retinal vessel anatomy and incorporating it into a scoring system on risk of cardiovascular diseases are needed in future studies.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- optical coherence tomography
- diabetic retinopathy
- cardiovascular events
- heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- optic nerve
- cardiovascular risk factors
- type diabetes
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- metabolic syndrome
- aortic valve
- current status
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute heart failure