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Narrowed eye arteries linked to risk in women.(heart disease)(Brief Article)
2002 APR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A narrowing of tiny blood vessels in the eye may be a warning sign of the presence of heart disease in women.
Some experts said the finding, while still preliminary, may one day help doctors better diagnose heart trouble in women. The connection was not found in men.
The finding came in a study of 9648 men and women who had 3 eye exams over 6 years. Participants were ages 51 to 72. Heart attacks and other serious heart trouble occurred in 84 women and 187 men during the study.
Women with the narrowest arteries and vessels in the retina - the light-sensitive region at the back of the eye - faced nearly double the risk of developing serious heart problems, compared with women with the widest retinal arteries. The risks appeared in women with and without diabetes and high blood pressure, conditions that contribute to heart disease.
Previous research has linked narrowed retinal arteries with high blood pressure, but this study used specialized digital photographs and measurements to detect much less obvious narrowing than can be seen in standard eye exams, said Dr. A. Richey Sharrett, a coauthor and researcher at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
The results appeared in the March 6, 2002, Journal of the American Medical Association.
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