Mesenteric Ischemia (9 of 12)

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Mesenteric Ischemia (9 of 12)
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specialty:
Gastroenterology

Case description

Diagnosis

Clinical diagnosis more important than diagnostic tests
Mesenteric angiography if diagnosis unclear.
Frequency:

Mesenteric ischemia accounts for 0.1% of all hospital
admissions. Risk factors for this disease include
atherosclerosis, arrhythmias, hypovolemia, congestive
heart failure, recent myocardial infarction (MI), valvular
disease, advanced age, and intra-abdominal malignancy.
Mesenteric artery stenosis is found in 17.5% of
independent elderly adults.

tags: Ischemia

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