Saturday, May 06, 2006

PSEUDOEXFOLIATION AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Optometric Physician

SOURCE: Citirik M, Acaroglu G, Batman C, et al. A possible link between the pseudoexfoliation syndrome and coronary artery disease. Eye 2006; Mar 24 [Epub ahead of print].

This study demonstrated a strong association between PXF and coronary artery disease.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting how that PXF material can be found elsewhere in the body. If anyone would like to see what pseudoexfoliation syndrome looks like in the eye, you can see a short slit-lamp video of this condition at this address:
    pseudoexfoliation syndrome video

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