Renal cholesterol embolism in patients with carotid stenosis: A severe and underdiagnosed complication following cerebrovascular procedures

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 109-112

  Hagiwara, Noriko ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Nakayama, Masaru ^a   Inoue, Tooru ^a   Yasumori, Kotaro ^a   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^b   Okada, Yasushi ^a  

^a Clinical Research Institute   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Antithrombotic therapy; Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Cholesterol crystal embolism; Renal infarction

Indexed keywords

TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBOLISM; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR;

EID: 3042830470     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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