Gittinger J W, Kershaw G R
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA.
Arch Intern Med. 1998 Jun 8;158(11):1265-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.158.11.1265.
Three patients with renal failure caused by atheroembolism following cardiac vascular procedures had multiple, bilateral retinal cholesterol emboli. Ophthalmoscopy in such patients represents a noninvasive diagnostic technique that is underutilized.