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Optic nerve may help predict stroke patient death risk

February 12, 2015 by

The diameter of the sheath that encases the optic nerve may help indicate which stroke patients are at highest risk of dying within six months. For every added millimeter of optic nerve sheath diameter, risk of death was four to six times higher.

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