Discussion DR. ARNOLD S. BERNS (Attending Physician, Michael Reese Hospital and
Medical Center, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine …

Cholesterol crystal embolism, sometimes separately designated atheroembolism, is an
increasing and still underdiagnosed cause of renal dysfunction antemortem in elderly …

Atheroembolic renal disease develops when atheromatous aortic plaques rupture, releasing
cholesterol crystals into the small renal arteries. Embolisation often affects other organs …

Objectives: We sought to determine the incidence of cholesterol embolization syndrome
(CES) as a complication of cardiac catheterization and to identify risk factors associated with …

Renal angiography remains the “gold standard” procedure for the detection of renal artery
stenosis. However, clinicians often avoid renal angiography because of fears of contrast …

We report the incidence, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of peripheral vascular
complications following coronary interventional procedures as reviewed in the English …

Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD), also called atheroembolism (1), cholesterol embolism
(2, 3), cholesterol atheroembolic renal disease (4), or cholesterol crystal embolization (5) …

Cholesterol crystal embolization (CCE) is a dreaded complication of radiology, vascular
surgery, and/or anticoagulation in patients with atherosclerosis and ulcerated aortic plaques …

The records of 22 patients, aged 61 to 85 years, with histologically proven cholesterol
embolism (CE) were reviewed. All had one or more risk factors. Twenty-one patients had …

Renal cholesterol embolization is a rare disease occurring usually in elderly men who had
undergone an angiographic procedure or vascular surgery. We report a man who …