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Treatment of severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by Mallory-Weiss syndrome after primary coronary intervention for acute inferior wall myocardial infarction: A case report
Author(s) -
Beibei Du,
Xingtong Wang,
Xiangdong Li,
Peipei Li,
Weiwei Chen,
Siming Li,
Ping Yang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i24.4407
Subject(s) - medicine , acute coronary syndrome , myocardial infarction , mallory–weiss syndrome , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , cardiology , endoscopy
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is not an uncommon complication. Acute UGIB caused by Mallory-Weiss syndrome (MWS) is usually a dire situation with massive bleeding and hemodynamic instability. Acute UGIB caused by MWS after an AMI has not been previously reported.

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