A Rare Case of Mesenteric Infarction
| Autor: | L. Harrison, N. Ahmed, E. Dinakara, A.M. Klidjian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Aorta Thoracic Thrombophilia Mesenteric Artery Superior medicine.artery Internal medicine Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion Occlusion medicine Humans Thoracic aorta cardiovascular diseases Superior mesenteric artery Thrombus Medicine(all) Aorta business.industry Warfarin Thrombosis medicine.disease Cardiology Surgery Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 21:577-578 |
| ISSN: | 1078-5884 |
| DOI: | 10.1053/ejvs.2001.1374 |
| Popis: | Introduction We could not perform thrombophilia screen as he was on intravenous heparin. He was managed in Acute superior mesenteric artery occlusion is most the intestinal failure unit and required high doses of warfarin (14 mg per day) to maintain his INR at 2.5. commonly due to thrombo embolism originating from diseased heart or aorta. We describe an unusual case of He has progressed well and repeat CT scan in three months shows complete resolution of the thrombus. thrombosis from a normal calibre descending thoracic aorta at the site of a previous coarctation repair. No previous similar case has been reported in the published medical literature. Discussion |
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