Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of circulatory mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke
Conclusion
RV offers an alternative predictive biomarker to traditional risk-scores for vascular health, without the need for blood sampling or blood pressure measurement. Further work is needed to examine RV in population screening to triage individuals at high-risk.
Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Rudnicka, A. R., Welikala, R., Barman, S., Foster, P. J., Luben, R., Hayat, S., Khaw, K.-T., Whincup, P., Strachan, D., Owen, C. G. Tags: Open access, Editor's choice, Press releases Original articles - Clinical science Source Type: research
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