Acute mesenteric ischemia (part I) – Incidence, etiologies, and how to improve early diagnosis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 15-25

  Kärkkäinen, Jussi M ^a   Acosta, Stefan ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute mesenteric ischemia; Acute on chronic mesenteric ischemia; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Etiology; Incidence; Mesenteric venous thrombosis; Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; NON OCCLUSIVE MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME TO TREATMENT; ACUTE DISEASE; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85009231882     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2016.10.018     Document Type: Review

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