A rare complication of coronary arteriography.
We describe a 66-year-old man with acute mesenteric ischemia and myocardial ischemia within 6 hr after coronary arteriography. He underwent successful emergency surgery with embolectomy of the mesenteric artery and coronary artery bypass grafting.
ter Woorst
F J
FJ
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Berry
L L
LL
de Swart
H J
HJ
van Ommen
V A
VA
Prenger
K B
KB
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology