Coronary artery bypass grafting for unstable angina pectoris in a patient who developed cholesterol crystal embolism treated with perioperative low-density lipoprotein apheresis for cholesterol crystal embolism: A case report.

Abstract

　A 78-year-old man who developed progressive renal dysfunction and discoloration of his change of toes after coronary angiography, was diagnosed with cholesterol crystal embolism. Coronary artery bypass grafting was scheduled for unstable angina pectoris, and he was successfully treated managed with perioperative low-density lipoprotein apheresis.