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Ophthalmoscopy revealed retinal cholesterol emboli in three patients, highlighting its value as a noninvasive diagnostic technique for renal atheroembolism following cardiac procedures.
Ophthalmoscopy is an underutilized, noninvasive diagnostic technique that can identify retinal cholesterol emboli in patients with renal atheroembolism post-cardiac procedures.
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May support ophthalmoscopy in suspected post-procedural atheroembolism; leaves open routine adoption without prospective studies.
Three patients with renal failure caused by atheroembolism following cardiac vascular procedures had multiple, bilateral retinal cholesterol emboli. Ophthalmoscopy in such patients represents a noninvasive diagnostic technique that is underutilized.
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Gittinger et al. (1998) studied this question. Ophthalmoscopy revealed retinal cholesterol emboli in three patients, highlighting its value as a noninvasive diagnostic technique for renal atheroembolism following cardiac procedures.
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