title: [Retinal cholesterol embolization after coronary angiography].
abstract: METHODS
  We report a patient with multiple cholesterol retinal embolism in both eyes following coronary angiography. She also had associated renal, skin and cardiac manifestations of the Cholesterol Embolization Syndrome (CES) and died 10 weeks later. Autopsy revealed cholesterol crystal emboli in several organs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Atheromatous plaques can be ruptured and displaced during a diagnostic catheterisation, and thus can be a potential source of these massive emboli. Retinal cholesterol crystals help to establish the diagnosis of the syndrome, particularly when other systemic manifestations exist. When this complication occurs, the prognosis can be devastating because of associated multiorgan failure.
authors.affiliation: Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, España. ansalmo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sampedro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guerediaga
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Domínguez
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Barbón
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male