Iliac-to-isolated hepatic artery bypass in the treatment of intestinal angina: two cases.

Cavallaro, A; di Marzo, L; Cavallaro, G; Amato, D; Mingoli, A; De Toma, G · J Vasc Surg · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Two cases in which a severe form of intestinal angina was cured by revascularization of an isolated hepatic artery were studied. The collateral pathways to the hepatic artery may serve, in a retrograde fashion, to assure an acceptable blood supply to the splanchnic organs, even when the disease of the 3 main vessels is so extensive that the commonly used techniques of revascularization cannot be applied.

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