1. Treatment of unstable angina with cholesterol embolization as a complication of left heart catheterization
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Hirotaka Oda, Hironori Sato, Norio Higuma, and Tsutomu Miida
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Male ,Cardiac Catheterization ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,Embolism ,Left heart catheterization ,Femoral artery ,Angina ,Internal medicine ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Angina, Unstable ,cardiovascular diseases ,Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary ,Aged ,business.industry ,Unstable angina ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Cholesterol embolization ,Surgery ,Cholesterol ,Cardiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Complication - Abstract
We describe 3 patients with cholesterol embolization after left heart catheterization via the femoral route. The left catheterizations were performed via the femoral route in all reported cases in which cholesterol embolization occurred as a complication of left catheterization. Postmortem examinations reveal that PTCA, using the right brachial approach, is the safest method for treatment of intractable angina in patients with evidence of cholesterol embolization. more...
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- 1990
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