Complication of cardiac catheterization?,”Atheroembolism (cholesterol embolism) is a complication of cardiac catheterization and other vascular procedures. It is characterized by cutaneous findings (eg, “”blue toe syndrome,”” livedo reticularis), cerebral or intestinal ischemia, acute kidney injury
and Hollenhorst plaques in the eye. Treatment is supportive and includes statin therapy for risk factor reduction and prevention of recurrent cholesterol embolism.”