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ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2020

Risk factors for an atherothrombotic event in patients with diabetic macular edema treated with intravitreal injections of bevacizumab.

Alon Tiosano, Aviel Hadad, Noam Yanculovic

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Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Alon TiosanoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel.
Aviel HadadDepartment of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel.
Noam YanculovicDepartment of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo identify risk factors for an atherothrombotic event (ATE) among patients who were treated for diabetic macular edema (DME) with intravitreal bevacizumab injections.

methodsThis retrospective study enrolled all consecutive patients with DME who were treated by intravitreal bevacizumab from 2009 through 2016 in a single center. They were divided into one group treated by bevacizumab and subsequently had an ATE and a second group also treated by bevacizumab and did not have an ATE.

resultsA total of 455 patients with DME were enrolled. Seventy-two of the patients had an ATE. A multivariate model adjusted for age, gender, smoking, body mass index, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), duration of diabetes, creatinine, and blood pressure revealed an increased risk for ATE in the patients with diabetic duration of more than 13y, a systolic blood pressure over 153.5 mm Hg at first treatment, or having been treated by more than 4 intravitreal bevacizumab injections. Additionally, patients that had an ATE within 3mo from the last intravitreal treatment underwent more bevacizumab injections (5.2±3.4

conclusionThe risk factors for an ATE identified in this study are systolic blood pressure >153.5 mm Hg, a history of diabetic mellitus for more than 13y, and treatment with more than 4 intravitreal bevacizumab injections. These factors need to be borne in mind when bevacizumab is being considered in the management of patients with DME.

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atherothrombotic eventbevacizumabdiabetic macular edema

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PMID32953580
PMCPMC7459222
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