Cholesterol embolisation: a lethal complication of vascular catheterisation.
Cholesterol embolisation after vascular catheterisation occurred in 5 patients. It tended to be associated with difficult manipulation of the catheter within a severely diseased aorta, and a common feature is leg pain with livedo reticularis despite palpable pulses. Confusion, renal failure, and death ultimately ensue.
D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002784:Cholesterol; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D002784:Cholesterol