Acute necrotizing pancreatitis following coronary artery angiography: A case report

Acute necrotizing pancreatitis following coronary artery angiography: A case report

<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Acute pancreatitis has different etiologies from biliary stone to metabolic disturbances. Coronary angiography is one of the newly understood etiologies.</p> <p><strong>CASE</strong> <strong>REPORT: </strong>This p...

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Main Authors: Majid Hajimaghsoudi, Faezeh Zeinali, Mehrdad Mansouri, Mohammad Hosein Dehghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vesnu Publications 2017-06-01
Series:ARYA Atherosclerosis
Subjects:
Pancreatic Diseases
Coronary Angiography
Contrast Media
Online Access:http://arya.mui.ac.ir/index.php/arya/article/view/1396
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Summary:<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Acute pancreatitis has different etiologies from biliary stone to metabolic disturbances. Coronary angiography is one of the newly understood etiologies.</p> <p><strong>CASE</strong> <strong>REPORT: </strong>This paper is about a women suffering from acute pancreatitis after coronary angiography.</p> <p><strong>CONCLUSION</strong>: Embolization of cholesterol crystals due to vessel wall trauma during coronary angiography as well as contrast medium are responsible for such side effect.&nbsp;</p><p class="ABKW">&nbsp;</p>
ISSN:1735-3955
2251-6638

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