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Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a potentially sight-threatening condition. The current standard-of-care treatment regimen is serial intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor injections. While these typically have great success, they do carry exceptional treatment burd...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28626417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000475880 |
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author | Kapoor, Kapil G. Sim, Jennifer |
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description | Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a potentially sight-threatening condition. The current standard-of-care treatment regimen is serial intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor injections. While these typically have great success, they do carry exceptional treatment burden on the patient, cost burden due to their required frequency of use, and the risk of endophthalmitis, which can be devastating. This case report explores an alternative potential option as a treatment adjunct for neovascular AMD (nAMD), and identifies some of the overlap between nAMD and central serous chorioretionpathy. Future research is needed to better understand the role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist treatment in this disease spectrum. |
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spelling | pubmed-54717982017-06-16 Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Kapoor, Kapil G. Sim, Jennifer Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a potentially sight-threatening condition. The current standard-of-care treatment regimen is serial intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor injections. While these typically have great success, they do carry exceptional treatment burden on the patient, cost burden due to their required frequency of use, and the risk of endophthalmitis, which can be devastating. This case report explores an alternative potential option as a treatment adjunct for neovascular AMD (nAMD), and identifies some of the overlap between nAMD and central serous chorioretionpathy. Future research is needed to better understand the role of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist treatment in this disease spectrum. S. Karger AG 2017-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5471798/ /pubmed/28626417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000475880 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kapoor, Kapil G. Sim, Jennifer Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
title | Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
title_full | Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
title_fullStr | Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
title_full_unstemmed | Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
title_short | Spironolactone as an Adjunctive Treatment in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
title_sort | spironolactone as an adjunctive treatment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28626417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000475880 |
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