Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

• Other Authors: Kodjikian, Laurent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; aflibercept monotherapy; polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy; neovascular age-related macular degeneration; good baseline visual acuity; ForeseeHome AMD Monitoring System®; AREDS2-HOME study; age-related macular degeneration; exudation; optical coherence tomography angiography; anti-vascular endothelial growth factor; brolucizumab; epithelial tear; optical coherence tomography; Sorsby's fundus dystrophy; Sorsby; hereditary retinal dystrophy; choroidal neovascularisation; macular neovascularization; anti-VEGF treatment; long-term FU; treatment outcome; emerging treatment; neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD); Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF); cataract surgery; clinical trials; real-world evidence; AMD; oct-angiography; fellow eye; choriocapillaris; quiescent macular neovascularization; ranibizumab; aflibercept; anti-VEGF; visual acuity; reading acuity; disease activity; treatment change; treat and extend; switch therapy; retina; choroidal neovascularization; angiogenesis; meteorin; therapeutic innovation; prevention; nutrients; lifestyle; treatment-naive; cardiovascular risk factors; arterial hypertension; macula-off rhegmatogenous detachment; superficial perifoveal capillary plexus; retinal deep perifoveal capillary plexus; identification; risk; Delphi; STARS®; food supplement; bevacizumab; meta-analysis; meta-regression; n/a; age-related macular degeneration (AMD); comparative therapies; effectiveness; intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor; treat-and-extend; pro re nata regimen
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In this reprint, we hope to review the basics and highlight the latest developments in AMD. This demonstrates the benefits of the international scientific community working on this disease, to limit its negative impacts, the most vital of which is the loss of visual function, leading to a loss of au...