https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2015.5397

Heart in acute pancreatitis: facts and fictions

Vol 11, No 2 (2015)
Submitted: 25 June 2015
Accepted: 28 September 2015
Published: 26 October 2015
Acute pancreatitis, Cardiac markers, Severity assessment, Acute myocardial infarction
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Raffaele Pezzilli
raffaele.pezzilli@aosp.bo.it
Department of Digestive System, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Bahjat Barakat
Department of Emergency, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Alessandra Barassi
Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan - San Paolo Hospital, Italy.
Pain is the hallmark of acute pancreatitis and it is localized in the epigastrium in more than 60% of patients having mild or severe disease. Acute pancreatitis may mimic other diseases such as acute coronary syndrome. In addition, the acute illness of the pancreas is associated with a number of metabolic abnormalities, such as hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia, which may cause hemodynamic changes and variations in the concentration of ionized calcium. In turn, these have been directly correlated to changes in myocardial contractility. The aim of this paper is to review the current literature on the involvement of heart during the course of acute pancreatitis and also to evaluate experimental and clinical data on this topic.

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Pezzilli, R., Barakat, B., & Barassi, A. (2015). Heart in acute pancreatitis: facts and fictions. Emergency Care Journal, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2015.5397

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