Cholesterol embolization: Clinical findings and implications
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Cholesterol Embolization
In the two cases of multiple system disease due to atheromatous embolization presented, increasingly severe hypertension developed owing to renal involvement. One patient had acute pancreatitis from embolization to the pancreas. The second patient had mottling of the skin of the legs. Purple toes were present and gangrene developed in 3 toes. The possible influence of anticoagulant therapy in p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(10)80017-8