Cholesterol emboli syndrome surgery

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Overview

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with cholesterol emboli syndrome. Endarterectomy, Bypass surgery, Stent and endograft implantation are usually reserved for patients with localized cholesterol emboli.

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with cholesterol emboli syndrome. Endarterectomy, Bypass surgery, Stent and endograft implantation are usually reserved for patients with localized cholesterol emboli. ^[1]^[2] ^[3]

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Cholesterol-embolization syndrome: current perspectives
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↑ Keen, Richard R.; McCarthy, Walter J.; Shireman, Paula K.; Feinglass, Joseph; Pearce, William H.; Durham, Joseph R.; Yao, James S.T. (1995). “Surgical management of atheroembolization”. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 21 (5): 773–781. doi:10.1016/S0741-5214(05)80008-4. ISSN 0741-5214.