LDL apheresis for cholesterol embolism following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-382

  Sanai, Toru ^a,b   Matsui, Rei ^a   Hirano, Tadashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Abe Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIMAPROST; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APHERESIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLISM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVICE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; TOE; BLOOD; FAT EMBOLISM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

AGED; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLUE TOE SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE;

EID: 33745562885     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970605700316     Document Type: Article

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