Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20425156›Full record

ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2010

Anti-VEGF therapies and blood pressure: more than meets the eye.

Frank Enseleit, Stephan Michels, Frank Ruschitzka

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Review in Current hypertension reports, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of oral niacin on central retinal vein occlusion.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2017
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  3. Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF)-Based Therapy Induced Photoreceptor Survival by Stabilizing Choroidal Neovessels in a VEGF Overexpression CNV Rat Model.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  5. PlGF gene knockdown in human retinal pigment epithelial cells.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frank EnseleitCardiovascular Center Cardiology, University Hospital, Rämistrasse 100, Zürich, Switzerland. frank.enseleit@usz.ch
Stephan Michels
Frank Ruschitzka
Triemli Hospital · CHUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

"Wet" (also called neovascular) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic progressive disease characterized by leakage of fluid or blood from choroidal neovascularization. It remains the leading cause of blindness in the developed world. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which plays a key role in the pathogenesis of retinal neovascularization and vessel leakage leading to central vision loss, has emerged as a potential target in the treatment of wet AMD. Importantly, large-scale clinical trials have demonstrated that intravitreal VEGF antagonism prevents vision loss and may even improve visual acuity in patients with neovascular AMD. Because VEGF and its downstream mediator nitric oxide have a well-established cardioprotective role, however, it can be argued that the beneficial effects of VEGF antagonism in the eye may come at the cost of adverse systemic effects, particularly myocardial infarction and stroke.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBevacizumabBlood PressureComorbidityFluorescein AngiographyHumansHypertensionRanibizumabTomography, Optical CoherenceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityWet Macular DegenerationAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBevacizumabRanibizumabVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Identifiers

PMID20425156
OpenAlexW2048743292

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