MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION

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.

Mesenteric Vascular Disease

Mesenteric Vascular Smooth Muscle

Vasodilating agents were tested on smooth-muscle strips of small arterial blood vessels of dog and rabbit skin and mesentery, and two patterns of reaction were demonstrated. The type 1 vasodilating agents, for example nicotinate, caused relaxation of contracted strips or blocked their contraction. The type 2 vasodilating compounds, histamine, choline esters, and bradykinin, either caused contra...

Mesenteric vascular disease.

Mesenteric vascular occlusion and intestinal infarction remain an unsolved problem. Among 136 patients with acute mesenteric infarction reported by Ottinger and Austen [1] from the Massachusetts General Hospital, only 8 per cent survived, dramatically demonstrating the need for improvement in diagnosis and treatment of this condition. These patients represented almost 1 in every 1,000 hospital ...

Interventional Treatment of Mesenteric Venous Occlusion

BACKGROUND Mesenteric venous thrombus may be an incidental finding during imaging studies and asymptomatic patients are treated conservatively or with anticoagulant therapy only. Patients with symptomatic acute thrombosis causing bowel ischemia require urgent treatment, which frequently includes extensive surgery. Interventional treatment may be an alternative. PURPOSE To present results of i...