Microembolic complications of atherosclerosis. Literature review and report of a patient

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Abstract
Autopsy series and case reports of patients with both atheromatous and platelet-fibrin emboli as complications of atherosclerosis are reviewed. It is concluded that such emboli may, in some patients, cause acute or chronic renal failure, retinal or cerebral ischemic disease, peripheral vascular insufficiency, pancreatitis and many other gastrointestinal disorders, paroxysmal, sustained, or accelerated hypertension, myocardial infarction, and a disease resembling polyarteritis. A patient is presented in whom the antemortem diagnosis of atheromatous embolization was supported by percutaneous renal biopsy.