Table 4 Characteristics of patients admitted with a cardiac condition who had coexisting cholecystitis or developed it during hospitalization (group 2)
Case no. | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | Dyspnea on effort | Chest/back pain | Chest pain, fever | Abdominal pain | Chest/back pain | Clinically silent | Dyspnea on effort | Palpitation | (Post EVAR) | Dyspnea on effort | Dyspnea, fever |
Initial diagnosis | Acute myocardial infarction | Acute aortic dissection (type B) | Chronic aortic dissection (type B) | Acute aortic dissection (type B) | Acute aortic dissection (type A) | Complete AV block | Congestive heart failure | Paroxysmal Af for ablation | Coronary artery disease | Congestive heart failure | Congestive heart failure, Af |
Cardiovascular past histories | Post CABG | Paroxysmal Af | None | None | None | None | Atrial flutter | Myocardial infarction | Ileac artery aneurysm | Myocardial infarction | Sick sinus syndrome |
Diagnosis interval, day | 13 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
Cholelithiasis | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Choledocholithiasis | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Treatment | Endoscopic retrograde gallbladder drainage | Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | Cholecystectomy | Cholecystectomy | Cholecystectomy | Endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage | Cholecystectomy | Endoscopic biliary stenting | Antibiotics |