Hydrophilic polymer emboli: An under-recognized iatrogenic cause of ischemia and infarct

Modern Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 921-930

  Mehta, Rupal I ^a   Mehta, Rashi I ^a   Solis, Orestes E ^a   Jahan, Reza ^a   Salamon, Noriko ^b   Tobis, Jonathan M ^c   Yong, William H ^a   Vinters, Harry V ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catheter; cerebral infarct; guidewire; hydrophilic polymer; interventional procedure; pulmonary infarct

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; POLYMER; GEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DEATH; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY EMBOLISM; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GANGRENE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFARCTION; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPLICATION; FOREIGN BODY; GEL; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GELS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954229682     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2010.74     Document Type: Article

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