Case report: percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the inferior mesenteric artery in the treatment of chronic mesenteric ischaemia.
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and coeliac axis (CA) is a well recognized form of treatment for patients with chronic intestinal ischaemia and carries a low morbidity and mortality. We report a case where PTA of the inferior mesenteric artery in the presence of occluded SMA and CA proved both feasible and highly effective in abolishing the patient's symptoms.
Crotch-Harvey
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Department of Radiology, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool.
Gould
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Green
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017537:Mesenteric Artery, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation