Cholesterol emboli syndrome risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Risk Factors

• Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, history of MI (myocardial infarction)
• Anticoagulation and perhaps thrombolytic therapy – perhaps because overlying thrombi do not form over eroded plaques
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Hypertension
• Aortic aneurysm
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Smoking history
• Male sex
• Age over 55 years
• Vascular procedures
• Invasive angiography, including interventional cardiac catheterizations
• Aortic aneurysm rupture or surgery
• Vascular surgery

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