RELIEF OF MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA BY Z-STENT PLACEMENT INTO THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY COMPRESSED BY THE FALSE LUMEN OF AN AORTIC DISSECTION

Authors
YAMAKADO K TAKEDA K NOMURA Y KATO N HIRANO T MATSUMURA K NAKAGAWA T YUASA H YADA I
Citation
K. Yamakado et al., RELIEF OF MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA BY Z-STENT PLACEMENT INTO THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY COMPRESSED BY THE FALSE LUMEN OF AN AORTIC DISSECTION, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 21(1), 1998, pp. 66-68
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
66 - 68
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1998)21:1<66:ROMIBZ>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
In a 58-year-old man acute aortic dissection compromised the origin of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), resulting in mesenteric ischemi a. After failed balloon angioplasty a Gianturco Z-stent was placed. Th e stenosis improved immediately, followed by resolution of the clinica l signs of mesenteric ischemia, SMA flow was well preserved 1 year aft er stenting.