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Does retinal vessel calibre imaging predict incident heart failure and adverse cardiac structure/function?
Does retinal vessel calibre imaging predict incident heart failure and adverse cardiac structure/function?
Retinal vessel calibre imaging provides insight into systemic cardiovascular health by predicting incident heart failure and adverse cardiac remodeling 18 years in the future.
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May enable noninvasive long-term HF risk stratification; leaves open incremental value beyond standard predictors in prospective studies.
Retinal vessel calibre imaging, which characterizes retinal microvasculature, is a simple, non-invasive test that predicts incident HF and adverse cardiac structure/function 18 years in the future, thereby providing insight into systemic cardiovascular health.
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