Risk of incident atrial fibrillation in patients presenting with retinal artery or vein occlusion: a nationwide cohort study

Risk of incident atrial fibrillation in patients presenting with retinal artery or vein occlusion: a nationwide cohort study

Abstract Background The inter-relationships of atrial fibrillation (AF) to retinal vascular occlusions (whether retinal artery occlusion (RAO) or retinal venous occlusion (RVO)) remain unclear. It is unknown if a presentation of retinal artery or venous occlusions may indicate a new onset cardiac ar...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christine Benn Christiansen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Jonas Bjerring Olesen, Gunnar Gislason, Morten Lamberts, Nicholas Carlson, Mathias Buron, Nikolai Juul, Gregory Y. H. Lip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Retinal artery occlusion
Retinal vein occlusion,
Atrial fibrillation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0825-1

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0825-1

Similar Items