[Peripheral cholesterol embolism in a percutaneous coronary angioplasty procedure. A case report].
Cholesterol embolism is a rare but potentially serious complication of cardiac catheterization. We report the case of a patient who presented a cholesterol embolism in the lower extremities after percutaneous angioplasty and the elective implantation of a stent. Clinical evolution was favourable. The appearance of cholesterol embolism could have been precipitated, in this case, by anticoagulation treatment with heparin and intense antiaggregation.
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Servicios de Cardiología y Dermatología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. Vcliment@coma.es
Alfonso
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Mainar
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Bordes
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Quiles
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D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents