Retinal Vascular Changes in Hypertension

Article1 September 1930Retinal Vascular Changes in HypertensionHENRY P. WAGENER, M.D.HENRY P. WAGENER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-3-222 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA mere catalogue of the changes observed in the retina of patients with hypertension offers little of interest to the internist. The presence of arteriosclerosis or of arteriolosclerosis and its complications, and of retinitis, is universally recognized. From the standpoints of differential diagnosis and prognosis, retinal changes are of definite value. But the most alluring possibilities offered by the retina seem to me to lie in the field of interpretation of the basic pathologic and the pathologicophysiologic changes concerned in the production of hypertensive disease, or, at least, of some of its more serious manifestations.In my opinion, all of the...Bibliography1 HASELHORSTMYLIUS GK: Zur Frage de Grefàsskrampfe bei Eklampsie. Zentralbl. f. Gynäk. 52: 1180-1189 (May) 1928. Google Scholar2 KEITHWAGENERKERNOHAN NMHPJW The syndrome of malignant hypertension. Arch. Int. Med. 41: 141-188 (Feb.) 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 O'HAREWALKER JPWG: Arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Arch. Int. Med. 33: 343-349 (March) 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 VOLHARD F: Die Pathogenese der Retinitis albuminurica. Zentralbl. f. d. ges. Ophth. u. i. Grenzgeb. 21: 129-136 (March) 1929. Google Scholar5 YATERWAGENER WMHP: Ophthalmoscopic signs in diseases of the heart. A study of one hundred thirty-seven cases verified by necropsy. Am. Jour. Med. Sc. 178: 105-115 (July) 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Read before the American College of Physicians, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 11, 1930. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA case of complete AV block produced by guanethidineDie Sympathektomie beim Hochdruck und ihre Ergebnisse 1 September 1930Volume 4, Issue 3Page: 222-226KeywordsHypertensionRetinaRetinitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...