Acute myocardial infarction complicating acute ulcerative colitis: A clinical conundrum.
Krishna Vani NemalidinneAbinay Siva Kumar Reddy VanteruAmit GoelAbhigan Babu ShresthaVikash JaiswalPublished in: Clinical case reports (2023)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an immune-mediated multisystem inflammatory disease that primarily affects the gastrointestinal tract, but it also has various extraintestinal manifestations like cardiovascular, dermatological, musculoskeletal, or hepatobiliary tract involvement. Herein, we describe a case of a 46-year-old female, who presented with acute coronary syndrome on the background of acute relapse of ulcerative colitis (UC), requiring a pragmatic clinical approach due to a labile balance between hemorrhagic and ischemic risk.