title: Survival prognosis of patients with retinal artery occlusion and associated carotid artery disease.
abstract: The records of 151 patients who developed retinal arterial obstruction were reviewed to evaluate the survival prognosis of these patients. Survival rates were calculated to expected rates of an age- and sex-matched control group of patients without retinal arterial obstruction. The presence of visible embolus and a branch retinal artery occlusion were found to be significant factors for worse survival prognosis (P = 0.0001 and P = 0.001, respectively). The survival rate of the entire group of 151 patients with retinal artery occlusion was not significantly different from that of the age- and sex-matched group (P = 0.29). Among the patients evaluated with continuous-wave Doppler sonography, the presence or the absence of the atheromatous carotid disease did not significantly affect the survival.
authors: Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: De Potter
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Zografos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013557:Switzerland