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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages 3376-3379Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i11.3376
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Ulcerative colitis; Mesalazine; Cardiomyopathy; Adverse reactions
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- NHS St Georges Hospital
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Five-amino salicylic acids are recommended for use in the management of inflammatory bowel disease, cardiac complications are a rare although recognised phenomenon. This report aims to highlight this serious but rare adverse reaction. We report here a case of a young man presenting with cardiogenic shock in the context of recent mesalazine treatment in severe ulcerative colitis.
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