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. 1978 Feb;62(2):116–117. doi: 10.1136/bjo.62.2.116

Eye hue and the oculocardiac reflex.

E N Fry, J B Hall-Parker

PMCID: PMC1043154 PMID: 76477

Abstract

During operations for squint nodal rhythm and other more serious arrhythmias such as heart block and multifocal ventricular extrasystoles, as well as the oculocardiac reflex, are shown to occur more frequently in patients with brown or hazel eyes than in patients with blue or grey eyes.

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