MULTIPLE CHOLESTEROL EMBOLIZATION SYNDROME - A LETHAL COMPLICATION OFVASCULAR PROCEDURES - REPORT OF 2 HISTOLOGICALLY PROVEN CASES

Authors
FERNANDEZSAMOS R SUAREZ D ORTEGA JM ZORITA A VAZQUEZ J MORAN CF MORAN O ARIAS R BARRIOS A VAQUERO F
Citation
R. Fernandezsamos et al., MULTIPLE CHOLESTEROL EMBOLIZATION SYNDROME - A LETHAL COMPLICATION OFVASCULAR PROCEDURES - REPORT OF 2 HISTOLOGICALLY PROVEN CASES, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 36(1), 1995, pp. 87-91
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219509
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
87 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9509(1995)36:1<87:MCES-A>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Two cases of multiple cholesterol embolization syndrome (MCES) leading to death ate presented. Rarely described and labeled as a ''great mas querader'', its presence in the medical literature is growing, since i t is best diagnosed, but despite the high frequency with which MCES ma y occur, only a few cases are reported. This syndrome is not universal ly recognised.