Acute mesenteric ischemia: a sequela of abdominal aortography
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Acute mesenteric ischemia: a sequela of abdominal aortography
The use of abdominal angiography and transcatheter embolization has increased rapidly in the last few decades. Although improvement in angiographic techniques has made the procedure safe, ischemic colitis is a rare but potentially dreadful complication. We report a case of a 51-year-old woman who developed ischemic colitis following aortography, demonstrating that such angiographic studies may ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2000-9666
DOI: 10.3402/jchimp.v4.22894