idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

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idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Hemorrhage from the choroidal blood vessels near the macula of the retina. It produces acute, painless, unilateral visual loss.

See also: vasculopathy

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Ophthotech also announced that it has initiated an open-label Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating Zimura in combination with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, an age-related retinal disease.

Ophthotech reports first patient enrolled in Phase 2b Zimura trial

Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) was first described by Yannuzzi et al.

Lipson, "Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV)," Retina, vol.

Caption: Figure 3: Occult choroidal neovascularization (occult CNV) could be misdiagnosed as idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Sensitivity, Specificity, and Limitations of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Diagnosis of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy. (Research Article)