Hybrid technique to treat superior mesenteric artery occlusion in patients with acute mesenteric ischemia

Acute superior mesenteric artery occlusion complicated by basilar artery occlusion

Acute mesenteric ischemia is a rare cause of abdominal pain with a very high mortality rate. Vague presentation and often misleading clinical findings make the diagnosis elusive. Here, a unique case of complete superior mesenteric artery occlusion further complicated by basilar artery occlusion is illustrated.

Superior mesenteric artery occlusion models shock-induced gut ischemia-reperfusion.

INTRODUCTION Superior mesenteric artery occlusion (SMAO) is a simple and reproducible model of shock-induced gut ischemia/reperfusion, but some argue that it is not clinically relevant. The purpose of the current study was to compare SMAO to a standard model of controlled hemorrhage (CH) and uncontrolled hemorrhage (UH). METHODS Rats had femoral lines and a jejunal mucosal laser Doppler place...

Management of Acute Superior Mesenteric Artery Occlusion by Thrombolytic Therapy

Acute occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) causes extensive bowel necrosis, resulting in a poor prognosis with an extremely high mortality rate. An 82-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the complaint of abdominal pain. She was diagnosed as having acute SMA occlusion by enhanced CT. Five hours from onset, the first thrombolytic therapy with urokinase was performed, but...

On Acute Thrombo-Embolic Occlusion of the Superior Mesenteric Artery

Superior mesenteric artery ischemia: endovascular approach

Background Mesenteric chronic ischemia is an unfrequent pathology usually related to obstructive and stenosing atherosclerotic pathologies of one or more digestive arteries. Among these, the most frequently envolved and revascularised is the superior mesenteric artery. There is a relative prevalence among the female elderly. Symptoms are often represented by the typical angina abdominis and wei...