Retinal emboli and cardiovascular disease: The Beaver Dam Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1446-1451

  Klein, Ronald ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^b   Moss, Scot E ^b   Meuer, Stacy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0141919661     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.10.1446     Document Type: Article

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