Mesenteric ischemia: Still a deadly puzzle for the medical community

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Stamatakos, Michael ^a,c   Stefanaki, Charikleia ^a   Mastrokalos, Dimitrios ^a   Arampatzi, Helen ^a   Safioleas, Panagiotis ^a   Chatziconstantinou, Constantinos ^b   Xiromeritis, Constantinos ^a   Safioleas, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Laiko General Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bowel infarction; Mesenteric ischemia; Mesenteric thromboendarterectomy; Mesenteric venous thrombosis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; MANNITOL; PAPAVERINE; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL ANGINA; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SATIETY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MEDICINE; MESENTERY;

EID: 59849096352     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.216.197     Document Type: Review

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