Authors (year published) | Patient age and comorbidities | Procedure and indication | Symptoms, postprocedure findings, follow-up, cardiac catheterization outcomes |
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Misbahuddin Mohammad et al. (2011) [12] | 60-year-old postmenopausal woman with a PMHx of HTN, HLD, and Graves disease | Colonoscopy: syncope following abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea with loss of consciousness, seizure-like movements, and loss of bowel/bladder control | Symptoms: anginal chest pain Day 1 post-colonoscopy: ST segment elevation in leads V3–V5; troponin: 1.94 ng/ml; EF of 15–20%; midventricular to apical akinesis and basal left ventricular hyperkinesis 2 weeks post-colonoscopy: EF of 70–75% with no wall motion abnormality; troponin level < 0.04 mg/ml; resolution of ECG changes Cardiac catheterization: normal |
Jong Won Yu et al. (2016) [7] | 44-year-old woman with no relevant PMHx | EGD: screening | Symptoms: chest discomfort, dyspnea, hypertensive and tachycardic Day of EGD procedure: ST elevation in leads I, aVL, II, III, and aVF; ST depression in leads V4–V6; troponin: 5.39 ng/ml; hypokinetic mid-left ventricle 2 to 3 days post-EGD: normal cardiac enzymes Cardiac catheterization: normal |
Jong Won Yu et al. (2016) [7] | 45-year-old woman with a PMHx of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) | EGD: follow-up of GIST | Symptoms: chest discomfort, hypotensive, tachycardic, and decreased oxygen saturation Day of EGD procedure: normal ECG; troponin: 3.79 ng/ml; hypokinetic mid-left ventricle; EF of 45% 2 to 7 days post-EGD: resolution of findings |
Soo Ryang Kim et al. (2011) [13] | 66-year-old woman with a PMHx of HLD | EGD and colonoscopy: screening | Symptoms: nausea, loss of consciousness, cyanosis, and respiratory arrest Day of EGD and colonoscopy: ventricular fibrillation with slight ST elevation in V2-V3; troponin ≥ 2.0 ng/ml; severely hyperkinetic base of the left ventricle 11 days post-EGD and postcolonoscopy: normal ECG and normal cardiac enzymes 2 months post-EGD and post-colonoscopy: normal ultrasound Cardiac catheterization: normal |