Spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery in four cases treated with anticoagulation therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 473-478

  Nagai, Takayuki ^a   Torishima, Ryutaro ^a   Uchida, Akihiro ^a   Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Kenji ^a   Okawara, Hitoshi ^a   Oga, Masatoshi ^a   Suzuki, Koji ^a   Miyamoto, Shinji ^b   Sato, Ryugo ^b   Murakami, Kazunari ^b   Fujioka, Toshio ^b  

^a Tsurumi Hospital   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation therapy; Conservative therapy; CT diagnosis; Supra mesenteric artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242766070     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.473     Document Type: Article

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