Acute necrotizing pancreatitis following coronary artery angiography: A case report

Acute pancreatitis has different etiologies from biliary stone to metabolic disturbances. Coronary angiography is one of the newly understood etiologies. This paper is about a women suffering from acute pancreatitis after coronary angiography. Embolization of cholesterol crystals due to vessel wall...

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Published inARYA atherosclerosis Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 156 - 158
Main Authors Hajimaghsoudi, Majid, Zeinali, Faezeh, Mansouri, Mehrdad, Dehghani, Mohammad Hosein
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Iran Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center 01.05.2017
Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Vesnu Publications
Subjects
Alcohol
Bile
Case Report
Case reports
Cholesterol
Contrast agents
Contrast Media
Coronary Angiography
Coronary vessels
Crystals
Gangrene
Gastroenterology
Inflammation
Intubation
Medical imaging
Metabolism
Pancreas
Pancreatic Diseases
Veins & arteries
Ireland
Coronary Angiography
Pancreatic Diseases
Contrast Media
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Summary:Acute pancreatitis has different etiologies from biliary stone to metabolic disturbances. Coronary angiography is one of the newly understood etiologies. This paper is about a women suffering from acute pancreatitis after coronary angiography. Embolization of cholesterol crystals due to vessel wall trauma during coronary angiography as well as contrast medium are responsible for such side effect.
ISSN:1735-3955
2251-6638