[Heart failure and cholelithiasis].
We previously found an high incidence of gallstone or cholecystectomy for lithiasis in patients affected by heart failure (52.1% up to 58.6%). As in general population the incidence of this disease is up to 38%, we tried to explain our findings.
Bindi
Massimo
M
IV Divisione Medica, Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana, Pisa. m.bindi@ao-pisa.toscana.it
Bianchi
Massimiliano
M
Pinelli
Massimiliano
M
Castiglioni
Maido
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged