1. Acute cholecystitis and myocardial infarction: a case study with coronary involvement
- Author
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Kleanthis Theodoropoulos, Samin K. Sharma, Marco G. Mennuni, Usman Baber, Annapoorna Kini, and Omar A. Meelu
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,Context (language use) ,Case Reports ,Disease ,Missed diagnosis ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Acute cholecystitis ,Medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,Cardiac catheterization ,cardiac catheterization ,Atherothrombotic disease ,business.industry ,Gallbladder ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,myocardial infarction ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,inflammation ,Cardiology ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,business - Abstract
Key Clinical Message Possible links between inflammatory stimuli and atherothrombotic disease in the context of gallbladder pathology are not well understood. Our case demonstrates that clinical suspicion of cardiac disease after a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis should remain high in light of the dire consequences of a missed diagnosis.
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- 2016