title: Indocyanine green angiography: a perspective on use in the clinical setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the history of indocyanine green (ICG) angiography and to present a personal perspective on its use in the clinical setting today.
  
  
  METHODS
  Perspective with literature review and opinions based on personal experience.
  
  
  METHODS
  To acquire views from international retinal physicians experienced with the technique on uses in their facilities and to compare them to the author's personal standards.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The author and contributing retinal physicians had surprisingly similar views for most, but not all, applications for ICG angiography use in the clinical setting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ICG angiography is recommended for a few highly selective chorioretinal disorders, including certain forms of neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration, other neovascular maculopathies, chronic central serous chorioretinopathy, choroidal hemangiomas, and posterior uveitis.
authors.affiliation: LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, and the Macula Foundation, Inc., New York, NY 10065, USA. maculafoundation@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Yannuzzi
mesh_terms: D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000266:history; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green / Q000266:history; D038622:Internationality; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014481:United States; D015866:Uveitis, Posterior / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green