Methods
The leading journals that publish basic science and clinical research in the area of cardiovascular and ophthalmological diseases, and MEDLINE using PubMed, were scanned. The main terms used were “age-related macular degeneration”, “cardiovascular disease”, “ranibizumab”, “bevacizumab”, “pegaptanib” and “VEGF”. The publications were largely selected from the past five years, but older publications which are commonly referenced or highly regarded were not excluded. The reference lists of articles identified by this search strategy were screened and relevant articles were selected. Review articles are cited to pr
