Mesenteric arterial ischaemia: Diagnosis and therapeutic options

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-321

  Cleveland, Trevor J ^a   Nawaz, S ^a   Gaines, P A ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bypass graft; Endarterectomy; Mesenteric ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; PAPAVERINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY SPASM; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALNUTRITION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; STENTS;

EID: 0036987583     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x02vm454ra     Document Type: Review

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