Acute mesenteric ischemia caused by spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: treatment by percutaneous stent placement.
Spontaneous and isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery is a rare and often fatal event which has been successfully treated by surgery in several reported cases. We present a patient with acute mesenteric ischemia due to superior mesenteric artery dissection who was successfully treated by percutaneous endovascular placement of a Wallstent.
Leung
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Department of Radiology, Zurich University Hospital, Switzerland.
Schneider
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Kubik-Huch
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Marincek
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Pfammatter
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed