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Acute cholecystitis and myocardial infarction: a case study with coronary involvement
Author(s) -
Meelu Omar A.,
Baber Usman,
Theodoropoulos Kleanthis,
Mennuni Marco G.,
Kini Annapoorna S.,
Sharma Samin K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.621
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , cholecystitis , acute cholecystitis , gallbladder
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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