Because of the greatly increased mortality risk in patients requiring hemodialysis, this prospective, clinical longitudinal study examined whether dynamic retinal vessel analysis is suitable as a new tool for predicting mortality. For this purpose, the retinal vessel analysis was carried out in a sub-cohort of 214 patients from the ISAR study. In a subsequent median follow-up period of 44 months, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality were recorded. The results of this work showed for the first time that a reduced venous retinal vascular reaction represents a significant, independent prediction variable of all-cause mortality in dialysis patients and can thus contribute to an improvement in risk stratification.
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Because of the greatly increased mortality risk in patients requiring hemodialysis, this prospective, clinical longitudinal study examined whether dynamic retinal vessel analysis is suitable as a new tool for predicting mortality. For this purpose, the retinal vessel analysis was carried out in a sub-cohort of 214 patients from the ISAR study. In a subsequent median follow-up period of 44 months, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality were recorded. The results of this work showed for...
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