Cardiovascular events and bleeding risk associated with intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibodies: Systematic review and meta-analysis

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1317-1326

  Thulliez, Marie ^a   Angoulvant, Denis ^b,c   Le Lez, Marie Laure ^a   Jonville Bera, Annie Pierre ^a   Pisella, Pierre Jean ^a   Gueyffier, François ^d,e,f   Bejan Angoulvant, Theodora ^a,c  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; RANIBIZUMAB; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MACULAR EDEMA; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MACULAR EDEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84910053743     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.2333     Document Type: Article

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