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Editorial
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and diabetic retinopathy
  1. Jorge G Arroyo
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
  1. Correspondence to: Retina Service, 12th Floor, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA; jarroyo{at}caregroup.harvard.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.1.3

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    Risk for the development and progression of retinopathy

    Ophthalmologists are well aware of the strong association between longstanding hyperglycaemia and the microvascular manifestations of diabetic retinopathy.1,2 The relation between macrovascular large vessel disease and diabetic retinopathy is less well understood, and is the subject of Klein et al's paper in this issue of the BJO (p 84). These authors seek to shed light on the association between arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and diabetic retinopathy in a cohort of patients from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).

    In their paper, Klein et al found …

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