Iliac-to-isolated hepatic artery bypass in the treatment of intestinal angina: two cases.
Two cases in which a severe form of intestinal angina was cured by revascularization of an isolated hepatic artery were studied. The collateral pathways to the hepatic artery may serve, in a retrograde fashion, to assure an acceptable blood supply to the splanchnic organs, even when the disease of the 3 main vessels is so extensive that the commonly used techniques of revascularization cannot be applied.
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First Department of Surgery, I Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Medical School, Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography