Cholesterol embolisation. A lethal complication of instrumentation of an aneurysmal aorta: A case report

International Angiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-71

  Geroulakos, G ^b   Homer Vanniasinkam, Sh ^a   Wilkinson, A ^a   Galloway, I ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Cholesterol, embolisation; Hemodialysis; Heparin; Iloprost

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ILOPROST;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MYALGIA; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BUTTOCKS; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031007527     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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