NEW YORK — Optometrists should check patients’ blood pressure and evaluate the retina for signs of systemic hypertension, Sherrol A. Reynolds, OD, FAAO, says in this video from Vision Expo East.
Reynolds noted that hypertension is now defined as 130/80 mm Hg, according to the newest guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association in 2017.
“Those numbers were lowered so we can better detect earlier hypertension, start treatment earlier and, therefore, prevent complications,” Reynolds, an associate professor and chief of advanced