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The Eye as a Window to Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Disease

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Key takeaways

This piece looks at whether an eye exam can reveal heart, kidney and metabolic disease. The tiny blood vessels at the back of the eye can be seen directly, and they may mirror the damaged vessels inside the kidney. It is a discussion of the idea rather than a study, and it reports no results.

Who did this work

Jung Tak Park (Yonsei University) · Yong Yu Tan (University College Cork) · Ye Eun Ko (Yonsei University) · Sahil Thakur (Dongwha Pharm (South Korea)) · Tyler Hyungtaek Rim (Dongwha Pharm (South Korea)) · Young Su Joo (Yonsei University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-19
https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.0000001224