Utility of multidetector CT in an emergency setting in acute mesenteric ischemia

Diagn Interv Radiol. 2009 Dec;15(4):256-61. doi: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1597-07.3. Epub 2009 Oct 5.

Abstract

Prompt diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia is a dilemma which is unfortunately generally made at the irreversible phase of intestinal damage. Besides conventional diagnostic imaging modalities contrast enhanced multidetector computed tomography angiography enables fast and detailed evaluation of the mesenteric circulation and abdominal viscera which provides accurate and rapid diagnosis in the emergency room.

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction / methods*
  • Autopsy
  • Emergencies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / diagnosis
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / mortality
  • Mesenteric Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Nausea / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Vomiting / etiology