Retinal cholesterol emboli during diagnostic cardiac catheterization

✍ Scribed by Víctor R. Blanco; César Morís; Vicente Barriales; Carmen González

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 69 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/1522-726x(200011)51:3<323::aid-ccd19>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

Retinal embolism is a highly infrequent complication of cardiac catheterization of thrombotic, lipidic, and calcific etiology. We provide the first reported clinical case of retinal embolism caused by cholesterol crystal without systemic adverse effects as a severe complication of diagnostic cardiac catheterization.