title: Implications of the anatomical classification of the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the clinical relevance of the anatomical classification of the neovascular form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Critical analysis of the current situation in the management of patients with neovascular AMD, by reviewing the available scientific evidence with regards to the classification of the types of neovascular lesion by angiography and optical coherence tomography (OCT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The classification of the neovascular lesion type secondary to AMD by OCT in type 1 lesions (under the pigment epithelium), type 2 (subretinal), and type 3 (retinal angiomatous proliferation), provides an added value in allowing to establish a long-term visual prognosis, an estimate of the number of treatments that a certain case may require, and a stratification of the risk for secondary geographic atrophy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incorporating OCT to the initial qualitative analysis of cases with neovascular AMD offers an added value superior to that provided by the angiography, with the relevant clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Mácula, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa OFTARED, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España. Electronic address: robertogallegopinazo@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallego-Pinazo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Complejo Universitario Hospitalario de León, León, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monje-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Mácula, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa OFTARED, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: García-Marín
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Mácula, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa OFTARED, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andreu-Fenoll
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Mácula, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España; Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa OFTARED, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dolz-Marco
mesh_terms: D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D019468:Disease Management; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D057092:Geographic Atrophy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
keywords: Age-related macular degeneration; Angiografía; Angiography; Antiangiogenics; Antiangiogénicos; Atrofia geográfica; Choroidal neovascularization; Degeneración macular asociada a la edad; Geographic atrophy; Neovascularización coroidea; Optical coherence tomography; Tomografía de coherencia óptica