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Abstract
In order to investigate whether there is a clinical association between Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy of the cornea and atherosclerosis, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease was studied retrospectively in 27 patients with Fuchs' dystrophy and in 27 age- and sex-matched controls. The presence of cardiovascular disease was judged from a patient history of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris or heart insufficiency treated by medicaments and was found in 44% of the group with Fuchs' dystrophy and in 11% of the control group (P less than 0.05). The hypothesis is advanced that there may exist a common endothelial factor of possible significance for the development of corneal endothelial dystrophy, as well as the development of atherosclerotic lesions.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6333375 DOI： 10.1007/bf02134146
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol ISSN： 0721-832X Impact factor: 3.117