Profound retinal ischaemia after ranibizumab administration in an eye with ocular ischaemic syndrome

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 808-810

  Kofoed, Peter Kristian ^a   Munch, Inger Christine ^a   Larsen, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adverse effect; intravitreal ranibizumab; ocular ischaemic syndrome; ocular pneumoplethysmography; ophthalmic systolic pressure; VEGF inhibitor

Indexed keywords

RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EYE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RETINAL VESSELS; SYNDROME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISION DISORDERS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 78349276144     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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