title: Treatment of unstable angina with cholesterol embolization as a complication of left heart catheterization.
abstract: We describe 3 patients with cholesterol embolization after left heart catheterization via the femoral route. The left catheterizations were performed via the femoral route in all reported cases in which cholesterol embolization occurred as a complication of left catheterization. Postmortem examinations reveal that PTCA, using the right brachial approach, is the safest method for treatment of intractable angina in patients with evidence of cholesterol embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Niigata Shimin Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Higuma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D004617:Embolism / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol