title: Pancreatitis and the broken heart.
abstract: We report the case of a 72-year-old lady who presented to our institute with acute pancreatitis. Seven days later, she experienced an acute episode of chest pain associated with the pronounced electrocardiographic changes and elevated cardiac enzymes. Although subsequent coronary angiography was normal, a left ventriculogram demonstrated a marked area of apical akinesia and hyperkinesia of the basal left ventricular walls. We believe this to be the first case of pancreatitis induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy in the international literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 5BE, UK. dr.r.rajani@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ronak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajani
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Przedlacka
authors.forename: Mrinal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Belder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology