Acute necrotizing pancreatitis following coronary artery angiography: A case report
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چکیده
BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis has different etiologies from biliary stone to metabolic disturbances. Coronary angiography is one of the newly understood etiologies. CASE REPORT This paper is about a women suffering from acute pancreatitis after coronary angiography. CONCLUSION Embolization of cholesterol crystals due to vessel wall trauma during coronary angiography as well as contrast medium are responsible for such side effect.
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