RETINAL CHOLESTEROL EMBOLI IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL ATHEROEMBOLISM

Authors
GITTINGER JW KERSHAW GR
Citation
Jw. Gittinger et Gr. Kershaw, RETINAL CHOLESTEROL EMBOLI IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL ATHEROEMBOLISM, Archives of internal medicine, 158(11), 1998, pp. 1265-1267
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Archives of internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039926
Volume
158
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1265 - 1267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9926(1998)158:11<1265:RCEITD>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Three patients with renal failure caused by atheroembolism following c ardiac vascular procedures had multiple, bilateral retinal cholesterol emboli. Ophthalmoscopy in such patients represents a noninvasive diag nostic technique that is underutilized.