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A 48-year-old man with cystic fibrosis and CF-related diabetes presented with a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, highlighting ischemic heart disease as a potential new issue in aging CF patients.
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This case report highlights that as cystic fibrosis patients live longer, they may develop ischemic heart disease, potentially exacerbated by high-fat diets and CF-related diabetes.
As survival in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) improves it is likely that new conditions will arise in the aging CF population. There has been speculation that the high-fat diet, which patients are encouraged to eat, and the increasing incidence of CF-related diabetes (CFRD) may put patients at risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD),1 but to date this has not been seen. The current case is that of a 48-year-old man, with CF, pancreatic insufficiency and CFRD, who presented acutely with a symptomatic non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).
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Perrin et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Cystic fibrosis and ischemic heart disease (n=1). Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes and high-fat diet was evaluated on Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). A 48-year-old man with cystic fibrosis and CF-related diabetes presented with a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, highlighting ischemic heart disease as a potential new issue in aging CF patients.
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