title: Mesenteric ischemia after a cardiac operation: conservative treatment with local vasodilation.
abstract: Acute mesenteric ischemia is a rare and often fatal event after cardiopulmonary bypass. We describe a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm and present a patient with nonocclusive intestinal ischemia who had a successful conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, City Hospital Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Niederhäuser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Genoni
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: von Segesser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brühlmann
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Turina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D010208:Papaverine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D014661:Vasoconstriction; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D010208:Papaverine