title: Successful treatment of isolated spontaneous superior mesenteric artery dissection with stent placement.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Young-Won
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Donghoon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Do Yun
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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