Cholesterol embolization syndrome

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 472-479

  Saric, Muhamed ^a   Kronzon, Itzhak ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cholesterol crystals; embolism; plaque

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ABNORMAL SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROEMBOLISM; ATHEROMATOUS EMBOLIZATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLINDNESS; BONE BIOPSY; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL EMBOLIZATION; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLIZATION SYNDROME; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPOCOMPLEMENTAMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 80054697812     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32834b7fdd     Document Type: Review

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