Association between retinal vein occlusion and an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide population-based follow-up study.

To investigate a possible association between retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and an increased risk of developing acute myocardial infarction (AMI).A population-based retrospective cohort study using the entire population of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) from 1st Januar...

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Main Authors: Yu-Yen Chen, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Dachen Chu, Pesus Chou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5595302?pdf=render