Management of Acute Superior Mesenteric Artery Occlusion by Thrombolytic Therapy

Management of Acute Superior Mesenteric Artery Occlusion by Thrombolytic Therapy

Acute occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) causes extensive bowel necrosis, resulting in a poor prognosis with an extremely high mortality rate. An 82-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the complaint of abdominal pain. She was diagnosed as having acute SMA occlusion by enh...

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Main Authors: Shinichi Okamura, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Teruhisa Sonoyama, Toshiya Ochiai, Hisashi Ikoma, Takeshi Kubota, Masayoshi Nakanishi, Shojiro Kikuchi, Daisuke Ichikawa, Kazuma Okamoto, Chohei Sakakura, Yukihito Kokuba, Hiroki Taniguchi, Eigo Otsuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2009-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Occlusion
Thrombolysis
Superior mesenteric artery
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/239293

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