ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A122 RISK OF MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS FOLLOWING RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSIONS VERSUS TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
Sheng-Feng Sung, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Chen-Wen Fang · 2026
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Sheng-Feng Sung, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, and Chen-Wen Fang compare heart and brain risk after two kinds of sudden vessel blockage. One group had retinal vascular occlusion, a blockage in the eye. The other had a transient ischemic attack, a brief stroke-like event. Their 2026 study uses the TriNetX database and matches patients so the two groups start out alike.
After matching, each group held 90,698 patients. The eye group had a lower one-year risk of major events such as stroke and heart attack. One subtype stood out: central retinal artery occlusion carried a higher risk than the stroke-like group. The paper also lists risk factors, led by prior heart disease and kidney disease.
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| CREATOR | Sheng-Feng Sung, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Chen-Wen Fang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |