Cholesterol emboli after invasive cardiac procedures

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-218

  Bashore, Thomas M ^a   Gehrig, Thomas ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ILOPROST; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SIMVASTATIN; STATINE DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLIZATION SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHILIA; GANGRENE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037812031     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00587-4     Document Type: Editorial

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