title: Superior mesenteric artery embolism: treatment with intraarterial urokinase.
abstract: Four patients with a superior mesenteric artery (SMA) embolism were successfully treated with intraarterial urokinase. Angiography showed partial SMA occlusion by intraluminal thrombus in two cases and almost total occlusion in two cases. Laparotomy was performed in the latter two cases, one of which required resection of infarcted bowel. Several additional reports of partially occluding SMA emboli treated successfully with streptokinase were found in the literature. The use of intraarterial thrombolytic drugs is an important addition to the treatment of mesenteric embolism that, in some cases, can eliminate or simplify surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Memorial Hospital, Hollywood, FL 33021.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Schoenbaum
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koenigsberg
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Katzen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004617:Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator