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Ocular vascular occlusions related to increased systemic morbidity

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GRAZ, Austria — Patients who have ocular vascular occlusions also have increased systemic morbidity, a study here indicates.

Researchers performed a retrospective case review of 410 patients with retinal artery occlusion, retinal vein occlusion or nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy and compared the group to age-matched controls.

They found that the patients with ocular vascular occlusions were more likely to suffer from hypertension (58.8%), diabetes mellitus (25.6% ) and hypercholesterolemia (64.4%). Almost 39% were found to be smokers. Overall, patients with ocular vascular occlusions were more likely to suffer from myocardial infarction (12%) or cerebral insult (11%) than control patients, the authors reported.

The research is published in Spektrum der Augenheilkunde.