USE OF A PROSTACYCLIN ANALOG IN CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL EMBOLISM

Authors
RADAUCEANU A AVIGNON A RIBSTEIN J MONNIER L
Citation
A. Radauceanu et al., USE OF A PROSTACYCLIN ANALOG IN CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL EMBOLISM, Diabetic medicine, 15(3), 1998, pp. 262-263
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Diabetic medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
07423071
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
262 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-3071(1998)15:3<262:UOAPAI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The prognosis of cholesterol embolism is often poor, and no treatment is presently available. We report the use of a stable prostacyclin ana logue in treating cholesterol embolism in a diabetic patient with arte riopathy. As a sole therapy, it improved cutaneous manifestations and pain, in parallel with an increased transcutaneous oxymetry. We think that prostacyclin analogues are novel candidates for the treatment of cholesterol embolism. (C) 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.