[The ocular fundus in ischemic cardiopathy].
BACKGROUND
This work aims to correlate retina vessel alteration with the possible presence of coronary alteration in the same patient.


METHODS
For this purpose 103 patients have been studied. Of these, 63 had symptoms of coronary heart disease while the remaining 40 were used as a control. 29 patients, out of the 63, were also afflicted with angine while 34 had previously had myocardial infarction. Eye fundus tests and coronarography have been carried out, and risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking have been investigated.


CONCLUSIONS
This work shows that there is a close correlation between a positive eye fundus and coronarography alteration whereas a negative one is not incompatible with organic lesions. A positive eye fundus due to alteration of retina microcirculation can be indicative of atherosclerosis in symptomatic patients.
Borgia
M C
MC
Istituto di Clinica Oculistica, UTIC-II Clinica Medica, Università degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza.
Leucci
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E
Ciarla
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E
De Paola
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G
Serpietri
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A
Cipriani
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G
Lionetti
M
M
Puletti
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M
Nigri
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A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*