Cholesterol embolisation: a lethal complication of vascular catheterisation

Cholesterol embolisation: a lethal complication of vascular catheterisation

Cholesterol embolisation after vascular catheterisation occurred in 5 patients. It tended to be associated with difficult manipulation of the catheter within a severely diseased aorta, and a common feature is leg pain with livedo reticularis despite palpable pulses. Confusion, renal failure, and dea...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1988-01, Vol.1 (8578), p.168-170
Hauptverfasser: GAINES, P. A, CUMBERLAND, D. C, KENNEDY, A, WELSH, C. L, MOORHEAD, P, RUTLEY, M. S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged
Aortic Diseases - complications
Arteriosclerosis - complications
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Catheterization - adverse effects
Cardiovascular system
Catheterization, Peripheral - adverse effects
Cholesterol
Embolism - etiology
Female
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
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Zusammenfassung:Cholesterol embolisation after vascular catheterisation occurred in 5 patients. It tended to be associated with difficult manipulation of the catheter within a severely diseased aorta, and a common feature is leg pain with livedo reticularis despite palpable pulses. Confusion, renal failure, and death ultimately ensue.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X