Utility of multidetector CT in an emergency setting in acute mesenteric ischemia.
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.
Türkbey
Bariş
B
Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. bturkbey@yahoo.com
Akpinar
Erhan
E
Cil
Barbaros
B
Karçaaltincaba
Muşturay
M
Akhan
Okan
O
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