Acute pancreatitis associated with intra-aortic balloon pump placement

✍ Scribed by Rizk, Antoine B. ;Rashkow, Andrew M.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 201 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199608)38:4<363::aid-ccd8>3.0.co;2-5

✦ Synopsis

An 85-year-old whlte woman underwent placement of an intra-aortic balloon pump for stabllization prior to planned bypass surgery. The complication of acute pancreatitls was attributed to atheroemboli or compromise of circulation to the pancreas. Ischemia as a possible etiology of pancreatitis is discussed.