title: [Systemic embolism and aortic atheroma. Contribution of transesophageal echography. Apropos of a case of systemic embolism caused by cholesterol crystals].
abstract: Systemic embolisms involving cholesterol crystals sometimes occur following vascular catheterization and may be responsible for a variety of clinical signs. The authors report a case in which the etiological diagnosis included a transesophageal echography (TEE) which revealed atheromatous plaques on the thoracic aorta which were probably responsible for the projections. It is possible that episodes of embolism, either fibrinocruoric or due to the release of cholesterol crystals, arising from the thoracic aorta, have hitherto been underestimated by imaging methods such as scans and angiographs. Further studies with TEE may make it possible to estimate the extent of this disorder.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie B, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Vandceuvre-les-Nancy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grentzinger
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Juillière
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anconina
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buffet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nizak
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papola
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cherrier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Embolie systémique et athérome aortique. Apport de l'échographie transoesophagienne. A propos d'un cas d'embolie systémique de cristaux de cholestérol.