[The fundus oculi in the hemiplegic patient].
OBJECTIVE
The fundus oculi is useful for observation of the interior of the eye and the retina. This study establishes a relationship between patients with established cerebral infarcts and the results observed in their fundi.


METHODS
A retrospective study of the clinical histories of 177 patients seen in the rehabilitation department over a period of one year.


RESULTS
The patients were aged between 29 and 85 years. The majority were men; 101 patients (57.06%) had systolic-diastolic arterial hypertension. On study of the fundus oculi there was a predominance of alterations of the blood vessels of the retina due to vascular sclerosis (93.1%) but only 24.4% had frank alterations caused by arterial hypertension.


CONCLUSIONS
We found a slight relation between arterial hypertension and the alterations observed in the fundus oculi of these patients.
Ochoa-Urdangarain
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LA
Medicina física y rehabilitaciión; Hospital Amalia Simino, Camagüey, Cuba.
Rodríguez-Romero
A
A
Camacho-Caballero
O
O
La O-Ramos
R
R
Triana-Pérez
I
I
González-González
M
M
Morillas-Pérez
A M
AM
Garrido-Pérez
R
R
Ochoa-Varela
S M
SM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology