Angiographic demonstration of mesenteric arterial changes in postcoarctectomy syndrome.
A 32-year-old man developed abdominal pain and the paradoxical hypertension after aortic coarctation repair. Abdominal angiography revealed widespread changes of the branches of the superior mesenteric artery and the celiac axis. After the conservative treatment, both the abdominal pain and the angiographic changes disappeared.
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome