Using logistic regression analysis, we explored the association of
hypertensive retinopathy and microalbuminuria with predictor variables like gender, smoking status, and duration of hypertension.
The rate of
hypertensive retinopathy was below one percent in the present study and it was nearly 2% in Nigerian patients [6].
TOD was commonly seen: 70.3% had LVH and 96.2%
hypertensive retinopathy. On renal biopsy of hypertensive methamphetamine users, there were vascular changes of hypertension in 12 with evidence of malignant hypertension in 6.
Configuration of Subhyaloid hemorrhage with size measured in disc diameter and location were noted, rest of the fundus was examined in detail to identify diabetic retinopathy
hypertensive retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, posterior vitreous detachment and retinal breaks.
Hypertensive retinopathy "THIS is caused when the fine blood vessels in the retina are damaged by the effect of high blood pressure," says Davies.
The retinal image has been widely used and has great significance in detecting various eye diseases which include the diabetic retinopathy [4],
hypertensive retinopathy [5], and glaucoma [6].
Patients with
hypertensive retinopathy have an increased long-term risk of stroke, according to findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
The most common finding was glaucoma suspect (34%) and the targeted problems of diabetic retinopathy and
hypertensive retinopathy were present in 15.6% and 4.2% of this group respectively.
The patients receiving pharmacological therapy, the patients with signs of associated pathologies or organ damage (left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosed by electrocardiogram, the presence of
hypertensive retinopathy or a history of a stroke), patients with secondary hypertension, diabetes mellitus, inflammatory diseases, malignancies, renal insufficiency or other diseases, which could affect the Lp(a) level, were excluded from the study.
The lectures delivered by a number of doctors discussed topics related to heart diseases, such as
hypertensive retinopathy, its causes and prevention.