Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated with Severe Fatal Ulcerative Colitis-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract A case of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in a young woman presenting with first episode of ulcerative colitis (UC) is presented. The patient had a rapidly deteriorating clinical course with a fatal outcome. The cardiac manifestations of ulcerative colitis and its association with myocardial infarction is discussed. Introduction Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD). Both the conditions may present with a variety of extra-intestinal manifestations. Myocarditis and pericarditis are the most common cardiac manifestations of ulcerative colitis (UC). UC also predisposes to arterial and venous thromboembolic complications. A few cases of myocardial infarction (MI) in association with UC have been reported. However, the association between UC and MI is uncertain. We report a case of a...