title: [Cardiovascular diseases and ocular tuberculosis].
abstract: The pattern of cardiovascular diseases (61%) was studied in patients with tuberculous uveitis, there was a prevalence of primary (34.6%) and secondary (8.6%) arterial hypertensions. There was an association of complicated tuberculous uveitis (subretinal neovascularization, pigment and neuronal epithelial detachment) with the presence of cardiovascular diseases, central and peripheral hemodynamic disorders. A greater reduction in visual functions was ascertained in concurrent abnormalities in the experimental group (0.55 +/- 0.07) than in the controls (0.80 +/- 0.04). The paper recommends that patients with eye tuberculosis and contaminant cardiovascular diseases should be registered and the continuity of their combined antituberculous and pathogenetic treatments ensured; functional studies expanded to make an early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in patients with tuberculous uveitis; the efficiency of treating the underlying and concomitant cardiovascular diseases separately evaluated.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Khokkanen
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kabitova
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014792:Visual Acuity