title: Utility of multidetector CT in an emergency setting in acute mesenteric ischemia.
abstract: Prompt diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia is a dilemma which is unfortunately generally made at the irreversible phase of intestinal damage. Besides conventional diagnostic imaging modalities contrast enhanced multidetector computed tomography angiography enables fast and detailed evaluation of the mesenteric circulation and abdominal viscera which provides accurate and rapid diagnosis in the emergency room.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. bturkbey@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bariş
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Türkbey
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: Barbaros
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cil
authors.forename: Muşturay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karçaaltincaba
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akhan
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000379:methods*; D001344:Autopsy; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology