Atypical Mesenteric Revascularisation

Mesenteric revascularisation for acute-on-chronic intestinal ischaemia.

Eleven patients (eight women) underwent urgent revascularisation for acute-on-chronic mesenteric ischaemia. Four patients had dual vessel and seven single vessel reconstructions. Two patients underwent simultaneous bowel resection and one patient has had three separate grafts to the superior mesenteric artery. There were two peri-operative deaths and three have died in the late follow-up period...

Revascularisation for everyone?

The approach to the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has become much more aggressive over the past several years. With regard to the optimal use of coronary angiography and revascularisation for patients with ACS, it was only a decade ago that the first randomised trial of an invasive vs. a conservative strategy for patients with patients with unstable angina (UA) and no...

Percutaneous myocardial laser revascularisation.

Brain revascularisation in hypertension.

Neurological symptoms in hypertensive subjects may be a reflection of intracranial vascular disease and not just a consequence of hypertension. Two hypertensive children with renovascular disease, neurological symptoms, and severe cerebral arterial disease were treated by extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass surgery with improvement of symptoms and easier control of blood pressure. Where r...

An Atypical Presentation of Chronic Atrophic Gastritis: Hemolytic Anemia and Mesenteric Panniculitis

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) requires an aggressive approach since primary thrombotic microangiopathy syndromes such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) can progress rapidly to a fatal outcome. Differential diagnosis can be challenging even for an experienced hematologist. We present a case of a 52-year-old male who presented with symptoms of mesenteric panniculitis and sho...