Clinical outcomes of renal cholesterol crystal embolization

Kazancioğlu, R.; Erkoç, R.; Bozfakioğlu, S.; Türk, S.; Gören, T.; Kayacan, S.M.; Kiliçaslan, I.; Baykal, C.; Büyükbabani, N.; Aysuna, N.; Ark, E.; Kazancioglu, R; Erkoç, R; Bozfakioglu, S; Türk, S; Gören, T; Kayacan, S.M; Kiliçaslan, I; Baykal, C; Büyükbabani, N; Aysuna, N; Ark, E

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Clinical outcomes of renal cholesterol crystal embolization

Kazancioğlu, R.; Erkoç, R.; Bozfakioğlu, S.; Türk, S.; Gören, T.; Kayacan, S.M.; Kiliçaslan, I.; Baykal, C.; Büyükbabani, N.; Aysuna, N.; Ark, E.

Journal of Nephrology 12(4): 266-269

1999

ISSN/ISBN: 1121-8428

PMID: 10493571

Document Number: 500344

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.