Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases: what else should cardiologists know?

Author(s): Marianne Shahsuvaryan

Cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of death worldwide. More than 17 million people die annually from cardiovascular diseases (CVD), therefore the World Health Organization (WHO) launched on September 22, 2016 a new initiative to tackle the global threat of CVD, including heart attacks and strokes. Recently a close attention was paid on the retinal microvasculature and it\\\'s visualization in patients with CVD. The retina is the only place in whole human organism, where are visible vessels of alive person, reflecting early changes in other organs. Taken into account aforementioned we believe that cardiologists should be aware of valuable diagnostic potential of retinal examination, as it could help to detect early stages of disease comparing with assessment of CVD risk by coronary angiography.