Mesenteric Ischemia: Silent Killer - Lieberman's eRadiology ...
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Joseph M Reardon, HMS3<br />
Gillian Lieberman, MD<br />
What is <strong>Mesenteric</strong> <strong>Ischemia</strong>?<br />
• Development<br />
– Lack of perfusion to bowel<br />
mesentery<br />
– Causes:<br />
• Infarction – arterial or venous<br />
• Embolism<br />
• Low-Flow State<br />
• Pathophysiology:<br />
– Anoxia Buildup of<br />
metabolites (H+, K+) Cell<br />
death Necrosis<br />
3/2012<br />
From Al-Shraim MM, Zafer MH, Rahman GA. Acute<br />
occlusive mesenteric ischemia in high altitude of<br />
southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. Ann<br />
26<br />
Afr Med<br />
2011;1:5-10.
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