Retinopathies contrasted
| Autor: | Albert A. Brust |
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| Rok vydání: | 1959 |
| Předmět: |
Retina
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Accelerated hypertension Retinal General Medicine medicine.disease eye diseases Uremia chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure Blood pressure Hypertensive retinopathy chemistry Ophthalmology medicine sense organs medicine.symptom Papilledema business Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Medicine. 26:81-112 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9343 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9343(59)90330-4 |
| Popis: | Representative color photographs of the ocular fundi are presented to demonstrate anatomic features which figure prominently in determining the characteristic configuration of certain vascular retinopathies. Serial photographs in the same patients have been employed to study the course of hypertensive retinopathy with relation to involvement of the brain, heart and kidneys and to changes in blood pressure level. In the accelerated phase of hypertension advanced retinopathy may appear and progress in spite of moderation of the blood pressure. Conversely, regression of hemorrhages, exudates and papilledema may occur without lowering of blood pressure level, even in the presence of advancing uremia. Such observations do not detract from the diagnostic value of the funduscopic examination; rather they emphasize a need for caution in interpreting retinal changes as indicative of the success or failure of antihypertensive therapy. |
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