title: [Abdominal angina: percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the superior mesenteric artery].
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) was performed in a 65-year-old man with clinical and radiographic evidence of abdominal angina. The patient was relieved of abdominal pain immediately after the dilatation. At the angiographic follow-up (7 months later) the SMA was of normal caliber. At the last follow-up visit (14 months after intervention), the patient was still free of pain. PTA of SMA stenoses is an alternative to surgical revascularization, and can be repeated if symptoms recur.
authors: Krankenhaus S. Chiara, Trento, Abteilung Gefässchirurgie.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Picetti
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Fuochi
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Moser
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Dalla Palma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Angina abdominalis: Transluminale perkutane Angioplastik der Arteria mesenterica superior.