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Splenic infarction from cholesterol embolization following cardiopulmonary bypass
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92668, USA.
Cardiovascular Surgery (London, England)
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
The authors report a case of symptomatic splenic infarction secondary to cholesterol embolization after coronary artery bypass grafting in a 59-year-old woman. The patient was treated with urgent splenectomy, which was curative. The diagnosis, investigations and management of the condition are discussed.