Successful treatment of cholesterol crystal embolism with anti-proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) antibody: a case report

BACKGROUND: We report a unique case of renal cholesterol crystal embolism (CCE) induced by carotid artery stenting that was successfully treated with evolocumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9). CASE PRESENTATION: A 77-year-old man with...

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Autores principales: Morino, Junki, Hirai, Keiji, Kaneko, Shohei, Minato, Saori, Yanai, Katsunori, Mutsuyoshi, Yuko, Ishii, Hiroki, Matsuyama, Momoko, Kitano, Taisuke, Shindo, Mitsutoshi, Aomatsu, Akinori, Miyazawa, Haruhisa, Ito, Kiyonori, Ueda, Yuichiro, Ookawara, Susumu, Morishita, Yoshiyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32046605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2020.1726383

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32046605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2020.1726383

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