[Diagnostic image (150). A man with renal insufficiency after coronary angiography. Cholesterol embolism after coronary angiography].
An 80-year-old man with subacute renal failure had cholesterol emboli in duodenal biopsies and at fundoscopy, most probably caused by coronary angiography after a myocardial infarction two months earlier.
Glazenborg
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Martini Ziekenhuis, Postbus 30.033, 9700 RM Groningen.
Hoogenberg
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male