**5. Conclusion**

Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive fibro-inflammatory syndrome, leading to abdominal pain and later to endocrine and exocrine insufficiency. Patients with CP might suffer a wide variety of complications, including pancreatic cancer, splenic vein thrombosis, pseudocysts, duodenal or biliary obstruction, pancreatic calculi, pseudoaneurysm and cardiovascular events. Proper individual up-to-date approach to diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with CP are of fundamental importance to improve symptoms, detect early risk factors and reduce complications, which are associated with high mortality rate, and ensure better quality of life. Screening strategies development and their introduction into the clinical practice should be encouraged.

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**Author details**

Mila Dimitrova Kovacheva-Slavova1

Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Georgi Borislavov Vladimirov3

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1 Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Ioanna-ISUL",

2 Department of Medical Imaging, University Hospital "Tsaritsa Ioanna-ISUL",

3 Department of Cardiology, National Heart Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

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*Up-To-Date View on the Clinical Manifestations and Complications of Chronic Pancreatitis*

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