Clinical outcomes of renal cholesterol crystal embolization.
Cholesterol crystal embolization is an increasingly recognized disease, presenting with a wide clinical spectrum, usually occurring in elderly men who undergo an angiographic procedure or vascular surgery. We report three patients who developed systemic cholesterol embolic disease and varying degrees of renal failure after angiographic interventions of the coronaries.
Kazancioğlu
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Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey. rumeyza@hotmail.com
Erkoç
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Bozfakioğlu
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Türk
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Gören
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T
Kayacan
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Kiliçaslan
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Baykal
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Büyükbabani
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Aysuna
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Ark
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects; D018438:Blue Toe Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects; D004617:Embolism; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology