Mesenteric ischemia after a cardiac operation: conservative treatment with local vasodilation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Acute mesenteric ischemia is a rare and often fatal event after cardiopulmonary bypass. We describe a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm and present a patient with nonocclusive intestinal ischemia who had a successful conservative treatment.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Valve
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Intestines
- Ischemia
- Mesenteric Artery, Superior
- Postoperative Complications