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Response to comment on: Dramatic response to intravitreal Bevacizumab in hypertensive retinopathy.

Srikant Padhi1, Vinod Kumar1.   

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Year:  2019        PMID: 30574945      PMCID: PMC6324123          DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1739_18

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0301-4738            Impact factor:   1.848


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Sir, We would like to thank the authors for their interest and comments on the article “Dramatic response to intravitreal Bevacizumab in Hypertensive Retinopathy”[12] and address their queries as follows: As mentioned by the authors, fellow eye effect of unilateral intravitreal Bevacizumab is controversial and the factors on which it depends are unknown.[3] It is therefore difficult to predict the effect on the fellow eye after unilateral intravitreal Bevacizumab. We noticed a significant reduction of intraretinal and subretinal fluid in both the eyes at 1 week after unilateral intravitreal Bevacizumab injection, while the blood pressure (BP) was still not well controlled. Since the patient was started on oral steroids 1 month back (as per advice of the treating nephrologist) and developed severe hypertensive retinopathy during this period, it is unlikely that systemic steroids would have contributed toward resolution of intraretinal and subretinal fluid. All these factors point toward the effect of intravitreal Bevacizumab on the fellow eye. Nevertheless, it is difficult to exclude the additional effect of hypertension control at 1 month on the resolution of macular edema. The pre-injection central subfield macular thickness (CST) was 695 microns in OD and 591 microns in OS. At 1-month post injection, it was 301 microns in OD and 282 microns in OS. We agree with the authors that intravitreal Bevacizumab may cause dysregulation of BP, especially in severely hypertensive patients.[4] However, the rise in BP after intravitreal Bevacizumab is usually mild and is considered to be safe even in hypertensive patients.[56] Furthermore, our patient was under close observation in our institution's nephrology and cardiology departments and due clearance had been obtained prior to the injection. The dramatic anatomical and functional response to intravitreal Bevacizumab in our patient reinforces that this maybe a viable option to avoid irreversible vision loss from macular edema in hypertensive retinopathy. Collaboration with cardiology and nephrology departments for BP control and subsequent monitoring is warranted in such patients.

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1.  Fellow eye effect of unilateral intravitreal bevacizumab injection in eyes with diabetic macular edema.

Authors:  J Hanhart; L Tiosano; E Averbukh; E Banin; I Hemo; I Chowers
Journal:  Eye (Lond)       Date:  2014-05-23       Impact factor: 3.775

2.  Blood pressure changes after intravitreal bevacizumab in patients grouped by ocular pathology.

Authors:  Y-R Chung; K Lee; E-H Cho; H M Lew
Journal:  Eye (Lond)       Date:  2010-04-09       Impact factor: 3.775

3.  The effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) administration on systemic hypertension.

Authors:  R Rasier; O Artunay; E Yuzbasioglu; A Sengul; H Bahcecioglu
Journal:  Eye (Lond)       Date:  2008-12-12       Impact factor: 3.775

4.  A prospective study of blood pressure and intraocular pressure changes in hypertensive and nonhypertensive patients after intravitreal bevacizumab injection.

Authors:  Kihwang Lee; Hongseok Yang; Hunsub Lim; Ho Min Lew
Journal:  Retina       Date:  2009 Nov-Dec       Impact factor: 4.256

5.  Comment on: Dramatic response to intravitreal bevacizumab in hypertensive retinopathy.

Authors:  Ramanuj Samanta
Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol       Date:  2019-01       Impact factor: 1.848

6.  Dramatic response to intravitreal Bevacizumab in hypertensive retinopathy.

Authors:  Srikant Padhy; Vinod Kumar
Journal:  Indian J Ophthalmol       Date:  2018-10       Impact factor: 1.848

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