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Do Anti-VEGF Injections Increase the Risk of Stroke or Heart Attack?

By Dr. Ari WeitznerSome have speculated that the anti-VEGF injections we give to macular degeneration patients may get into the bloodstream and have adverse vascular effects. According to a recently released retrospective study (appearing in the October 2010 issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology), using vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) blockers to treat neovascular age-related […]

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INDEX/SEARCHFor your convenience, and because only the last ten posts are shown on the opening page, here is a means for finding all of my posts in an easy-to-use fashion.Use the Blog Search box in the upper left-hand corner of the header above, enter …