Talk:Cholesterol embolism

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Did you know... that cholesterol embolism may result from common medical procedures such as coronary catheterization, and can cause kidney damage?

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Pubmed monster: All 494 papers about cholesterol embolism on PubMed (75 reviews, mostly unfree).
Emedicine
Fukumoto still has more data that we can use.
ICD-10 must be T81.7
PMC 496675 - pretty rare in the general population (autopsy series)
PMID 9141017 - even back rubs aren't safe anymore
PMID 8084460 - and neither is thrombolysis (I've seen this happen - badly)
PMID 12887728 - apheresis as crisis management
PMID 12873565 - when the gut gets involved
PMID 11461954 - review of renal implications of atheroembolic disease (free)
PMID 9404775 - the lung (causes pulmonary haemorrhage)
PMID 9046969 - affects the kidney more often then one might think
PMID 8672031 - and it stops renal grafts from working (free)
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/116/3/298 - diagnosis is hard

We'll see when I have the time. JFW | T@lk 14:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was naughty and redirected atheroembolic disease here. This was simply a list of symptoms and contained no references, so I don't feel too bad about that one. Diff. JFW | T@lk 15:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://jasn.asnjournals.org/cgi/content/full/14/6/1584 - what predicts outcome in AERD. JFW | T@lk 11:30, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lancet

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62073-0 - Lancet seminar, which covers non-renal features also. JFW | T@lk 08:29, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]