Non-obstructive mesenteric ischemia: A potentially lethal complication after cardiovascular surgery: Report of two cases

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-60

  Kazui, Toshinobu ^a   Yamasaki, Manabu ^a   Abe, Kohei ^a   Watanabe, Sunao ^a   Kawazoe, Kohei ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia; Papaverine infusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PAPAVERINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MESENTERY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COLECTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MESENTERY; PAPAVERINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84857499439     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.10.01654     Document Type: Article

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