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Acute pancreatitis can mimic the electromechanical manifestations of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, including ST-segment elevation and wall motion abnormalities, without coronary obstruction.
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Acute pancreatitis can mimic both the electrical (ST-segment elevation) and mechanical (wall motion abnormalities) manifestations of acute myocardial infarction without coronary artery occlusion.
Acute pancreatitis warrants consideration among STEMI mimics without obstruction; single case report leaves broader prevalence and mechanisms open.
T he mechanism for electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities in the setting of acute pancreatitis remains unknown. We present a case involving a patient diagnosed with acute pancreatitis who had ECG findings suggestive of inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with concordant inferior wall motion abnormalities on echocardiography and patent coronary arteries.
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Khan et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Acute pancreatitis mimicking STEMI (n=1). Acute pancreatitis was evaluated on Pathological confirmation of myocardial infarction. Acute pancreatitis can mimic the electromechanical manifestations of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, including ST-segment elevation and wall motion abnormalities, without coronary obstruction.
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