The outcome of endovascular treatment in acute superior mesenteric artery (SMA) thromboembolic occlusion is variable at best. We describe three patients who underwent urgent endovascular manual aspiration thrombectomy of the SMA, illustrating the good, the bad, and the ugly. The good: a 63-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital for acute abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced multidetect...
