Cholesterol emboli

出自KMU Wiki

• Risk factors
  • Aging, atherosclerosis; after endovascular (aortic) procedure or anticoagulation
• Clinical features
  • “A great masquarder”
• Cerebral transient ischemic attacks; livedo reticularis in the lower extremities; Hollenhorst plaques in the retina with visual field cuts; necrosis of the toes
• Acute glomerular capillary injury leading to focal glomerulosclerosis, hematuria, mild proteinuria, ARF or CRF
• Treatment
  • None available
• Prevention
  • Controlling BP and lipids, stop smoking
• Am Soc Nephrol 12:1781-1787, 2001: Atheroembolic Renal Disease