Cardio Notes: Eyes May Have It for Heart Health

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SPECIAL REPORT CARDIO NOTES
News and Information for Healthcare Professionals	September 4, 2012
Cardio Notes: Eyes May Have It for Heart Health This week's Cardio Notes highlights studies from the European Society of Cardiology meeting, including research on the eyes as windows to potential cardiovascular disease risk and dysfunctional coronary artery flow in prediabetics. Eyes Provide Early Clues to CV Risk Greek researchers presented three studies showing how retinal circulation could potentially distinguish patients who are at a low short-term, but high lifetime risk, of cardiovascular (CV) adverse events from those who are at a low short-term and low lifetime risk. One study, involving 229 stage I-II never treated essential hypertensive patients with a median age of 62, found a significant correlation between deterioration of the retinal vascular category (stages 0 to 4) and impaired ejection fraction. There also was an increase in interventricular septum end-diastolic thickness and left atrial anteroposterior diameter. Read the full article at MedPageToday.com

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