"Embolism, Cholesterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Blocking of a blood vessel by CHOLESTEROL-rich atheromatous deposits, generally occurring in the flow from a large artery to small arterial branches. It is also called arterial-arterial embolization or atheroembolism which may be spontaneous or iatrogenic. Patients with spontaneous atheroembolism often have painful, cyanotic digits of acute onset.
| Descriptor ID |
D017700
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.355.350.454.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Embolism, Cholesterol- Embolism, Cholesterol
- Cholesterol Embolisms
- Embolisms, Cholesterol
- Atheroembolism
- Atheroembolisms
- Cholesterol Embolism
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Embolism, Cholesterol" by people in Profiles.
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Shi C, Kim T, Steiger S, Mulay SR, Klinkhammer BM, B?uerle T, Melica ME, Romagnani P, M?ckel D, Baues M, Yang L, Brouns SLN, Heemskerk JWM, Braun A, Lammers T, Boor P, Anders HJ. Crystal Clots as Therapeutic Target in Cholesterol Crystal Embolism. Circ Res. 2020 04 10; 126(8):e37-e52.
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Edelstein LC, Simon LM, Montoya RT, Holinstat M, Chen ES, Bergeron A, Kong X, Nagalla S, Mohandas N, Cohen DE, Dong JF, Shaw C, Bray PF. Racial differences in human platelet PAR4 reactivity reflect expression of PCTP and miR-376c. Nat Med. 2013 Dec; 19(12):1609-16.
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Colucciello M. Images in clinical medicine. Retinal arteriolar cholesterol emboli. N Engl J Med. 2008 Feb 21; 358(8):826.
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Hagspiel KD, Hunter YR, Ahmed HK, Lu P, Spinosa DJ, Angle JF, Leung DA, Matsumoto AH, Kern JA. Primary sarcoma of the distal abdominal aorta: CT angiography findings. Abdom Imaging. 2004 Jul-Aug; 29(4):507-10.
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Stein DE, DiMuzio PJ, Cohen MJ, Carabasi RA, Bonn J, Kahn MB. Ischemic jejunal stricture following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair -- a case report. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2002 May-Jun; 36(3):219-22.
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Liss KA, Gaughan WJ, McCue PA, Burke JF. Coexistence of atheroemboli and minimal-change disease. Clin Nephrol. 1997 Feb; 47(2):125-8.