OPHTHALMOLOGIC WORKUP: (Complete initial and subsequent follow-up examinations)

• Observe for late unusual neovascular complications
• Consider visual fields
• Ophthalmodynamometry
• Fluorescein angiography

SYSTEMIC WORKUP:

• Medical consultation
• Hematologic assessment as directed by findings and history
• ESR, CRP, CBC with differential
• Evaluation of heart (transthoracic and possibly transesophageal echocardiogram)
• Evaluation of extracranial and possibly intracranial carotids/aorta
• Evaluation for diabetes mellitus
• Hypertension
• Premature causes of atherosclerosis