Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: Pathophysiology-based Approach to Imaging Findings and Diagnosis
Matthew H. Lee, Perry J. Pickhardt, Anna Sørensen, Giuseppe V. Toia, Meghan G. Lubner, Ryan Sappenfield, David H. Kim
Abstract
Acute mesenteric ischemia is an emergency that encompasses a group of discrete entities that have unique underlying pathophysiology, clinical features, and imaging findings, including different predictive features of transmural necrosis that have implications for prognosis.
Topics & Concepts
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