title: Intravascular stent implantation of the celiac artery in the treatment of chronic mesenteric ischemia.
abstract: We report a case of chronic mesenteric ischemia that caused abdominal angina and weight loss in an 80-year-old woman. A mesenteric angiogram revealed total occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery and 90% stenosis of the celiac and inferior mesenteric arteries. Balloon angioplasty of the celiac artery failed because of elastic recoil. A 15-mm Palmaz-Schatz stent was dilated to 6 mm in the proximal celiac artery with an excellent angiographic result and complete resolution of symptoms. A clinical, 1-year follow-up demonstrated success with no recurrence of pain. This case report illustrates the value of balloon dilatation and stent implantation in a patient with atherosclerotic narrowing of multiple abdominal visceral arteries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. igotsman@hadassah.org.il
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gotsman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verstandig
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017537:Mesenteric Artery, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents