[Clinical value of preoperative comprehensive evaluation of cataract surgery in age-related cataract].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical results, the selection of time and procedures of surgery and preoperative evaluation of the phacoemulsification or small incision cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation (PSI) in senile cataract patients with cardiovascular disease.

Methods: The authors performed a retrospective study in 218 senior patients (255 eyes) with cardiovascular disease, which were treated by PSI in the past 5 years.

Results: Thirteen cases (14 eyes) did not have PSI due to surgical contraindication or impossible to tolerate the operation or impossible to obtain an improvement of visual acuity after operation.