Successful treatment of isolated spontaneous superior mesenteric artery dissection with stent placement.
Isolated dissection of superior mesenteric artery is a rare condition and is usually treated surgically. We treated a patient with severe abdominal pain who was angiographically confirmed to have superior mesenteric artery thrombosis associated with isolated spontaneous dissection. He was treated initially by thrombolysis and oral anticoagulation, but recurrent symptoms developed with radiologic evidence of disease progression. We performed superior mesenteric artery stenting and recovery was uneventful.
Yoon
Young-Won
YW
Cardiology Division, Yonsei Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-Ku, 120-752 Seoul, Korea. drcliff@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Choi
Donghoon
D
Cho
Seung-Yun
SY
Lee
Do Yun
DY
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome