Chronic pancreatitis and the heart disease: Still terra incognita?

Table 1 Studies on pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in patients with chronic heart failure

Ref.	n	Mean age (yr)	Method used	PEI (%)
Xia et al[17], 2017, China	All patients: 104 (85.6% males)	70.4	FE-1	All patients: n = 59 (56.7%)
				NYHA I-II: Mild/moderate: n = 7, severe: n = 1; NYHA III: Mild/moderate: n = 15, severe: n = 14; NYHA IV: Mild/moderate: n = 10, severe: n = 12
	NYHA I/II: 32
	NYHA III: 42
	NYHA IV: 30
Vujasinovicet al[18], 2016, Slovenia	All patients: 87 (64.4% males)	74.7	FE-1	All patients: n = 6 (6.9%), mild/moderate PEI: n = 3, severe PEI: n = 3, NYHA II: n = 3, NYHA III: n = 3
	NYHA II: 54
	NYHA III: 33
Özcan et al[19], 2015, Turkey	All patients: 52 (61,5% males)	67.5	FE-1	All patients: n = 21 (40.4%)
				NYHA I/II: Mild/moderate PEI: n = 3, severe PEI: n = 4
	NYHA I/II: 32
	NYHA III/IV: 20			NYHA III/IV: Mild/moderate PEI: n = 4, severe PEI: n = 10

n: Number of patients; FE-1: Fecal elastase-1; PEI: Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency; NYHA: New York Heart Association classification.