Clinical outcomes of renal cholesterol crystal embolization

Kazancioglu R., Erkoc R., Bozfakioglu S., Turk S., Goren T., Kayacan S., ...More

JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY, vol.12, no.4, pp.266-269, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.266-269
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Cholesterol crystal embolization is an increasingly recognized disease, presenting with a wide clinical spectrum, usually occurring in elderly men who undergo an angiographic procedure or vascular surgery. We report three patients who developed systemic cholesterol embolic disease and varying degrees of renal failure after angiographic interventions of the coronaries.