Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Considerations

Sep 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Considerations

Fig. 27.1 A 50-year-old woman with 15-lb weight loss and upper abdominal pain. (a) Lateral aortogram during inspiration demonstrates a widely patent celiac artery origin (arrow). (b) Lateral aortogram during…

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Clinical Presentation, Etiology, and Diagnostic Considerations

Sep 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Clinical Presentation, Etiology, and Diagnostic Considerations

Etiology Presentation Risk factors Arterial embolism Acute catastrophe Arrhythmia MI/cardiomyopathy Ventricular aneurysm Rheumatic valve disease Thoracic aortic thrombus Arterial thrombosis Acute/insidious, progressive Atherosclerosis Prolonged hypotension Hypovolemia Hypercoagulable state Nonocclusive mesenteric…

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Non-atherosclerotic Causes of Mesenteric Arterial Disease

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Primary vasculitis Large-sized vessel vasculitis Takayasu’s arteritis Giant cell (temporal) arteritis Medium-sized vessel vasculitis Polyarteritis nodosa Kawasaki disease Primary granulomatous central nervous system vasculitis Small-sized vessel vasculitis Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody…

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Normal and Variant Mesenteric Anatomy

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Fig. 2.1 Celiac artery anatomy and superior mesenteric artery collaterals. CA celiac artery, SMA superior mesenteric artery (By permission of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. All rights reserved)…

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Open Surgical Treatment

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Fig. 28.1 A 45-year-old woman with celiac compression identified on CTA and a 25-lb weight loss with abdominal and back pain. (a) The crus of the diaphragm (arrow) is dissected…

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Duplex Ultrasound of the Mesenteric Vessels

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Fig. 5.1 Normal and abnormal mesenteric arteries’ waveforms: The normal celiac artery has a low-resistance waveform. A peak systolic velocity of 2.5 m/s or greater is indicative of a significant…

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