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Atheroembolic disease is medical conditions caused by the embolization of ruptured atheromatous plaques into distal blood vessels.

Contents 1 Symptoms 2 Risk factors 3 Complications 4 Diagnosis 5 Treatment 6 External links

[edit] Symptoms

• Pain, abdominal/flank, legs, thighs or foot - continuous
• Claudication
• Vascular insufficiency, purple toes
• Hypertension - high blood pressure
• Skin ulcers
• Hematuria - blood in the urine

[edit] Risk factors

• Smoking
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hypertension
• Diabetes mellitus
• Family history
• Previous atheroembolism

[edit] Complications

• chronic renal failure
• acute renal failure
• stroke
• myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• ischemic limb requiring amputation
• bowel ischemic

[edit] Diagnosis

• Urinalysis
• Blood work - CBC, creatinine, cholesterol
• Pyelography
• Renal angiogram

[edit] Treatment

Atheroembolic disease is difficult to treat. The primary treatment is prevention, by controlling the risk factors (i.e. smoking, cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension).

Prognosis of the condition is generally poor as embolization is usually chronic.

[edit] External links

• Atheroembolic renal disease - U of Maryland Medical Center
• Atheroembolic renal disease - medlineplus.org