Cocaine-induced mesenteric ischemia: Treatment with intra-arterial papaverine

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 172-174

  Herskowitz, Michael M ^a,b   Gillego, Virgilio ^a   Ward, Marie ^a   Wright, George ^a  

^a State University of New York Health Science Center   (United States)

^b Staff/Education (141)   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Mesenteric angiography; Mesenteric ischemia

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; PAPAVERINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; MESENTERY ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0036709629     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-002-0218-7     Document Type: Article

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