Pneumatosis intestinalis from thromboembolism: a fatal complication in a patient with total artificial heart

J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2014 Sep;23(3):240. doi: 10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.233.pje.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / therapy*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Mesenteric Ischemia / etiology*
  • Mesenteric Ischemia / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / diagnosis
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology*
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / therapy
  • Thromboembolism / diagnosis
  • Thromboembolism / etiology*
  • Thromboembolism / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome