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2381700

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
The authors prospectively evaluated 387 consecutive patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) for asymmetry in posterior segment neovascularization and its relationship to carotid artery disease. For the purpose of this study, asymmetry is defined as the presence of PDR with high-risk characteristics (as per the Diabetic Retinopathy Study) in one eye, with neither proliferative nor preproliferative changes in the opposite eye. Over the 2-year time period of the study, 20 (5.2%) of 387 patients manifested asymmetric PDR by this definition. All 20 patients underwent carotid artery noninvasive testing and 4 (20%) were found to have hemodynamically significant carotid artery disease. Two of the four patients had their proliferative retinopathy ipsilateral to their severe carotid artery stenosis. This finding does not support the hypothesis that a hemodynamically significant carotid artery stenosis protects against the development of PDR.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0161-6420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
869-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Asymmetric proliferative diabetic retinopathy and carotid artery disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Retina Vascular Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't