title: [Heart arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation in acute biliary pancreatitis: a case report and etiopathogenetic hypothesis].
abstract: Acute pancreatitis and/or gallbladder disease precipitating angina pectoris, or producing arrhythmias or ST-T wave changes on electrocardiography in the absence of coronary artery disease, have frequently been mentioned. Many attempts have been made to explain the etiology of these findings. To the authors' knowledge, this report is the most dramatic expression of pathogenetic mechanisms which are still considered hypothetical.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Maria del Carmine, Rovereto.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Imperadore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Accardi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spagnolli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonadies
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vergara
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology