Transcatheter embolization of a ruptured superior mesenteric artery aneurysm with Gianturco coils: a case report

D J Bindman; P A Rogoff; F F Bartlett; M J Shortsleeve

doi:10.1007/BF02578627

Transcatheter embolization of a ruptured superior mesenteric artery aneurysm with Gianturco coils: a case report

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1990 Oct-Nov;13(5):289-90. doi: 10.1007/BF02578627.

Authors

D J Bindman¹, P A Rogoff, F F Bartlett, M J Shortsleeve

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

PMID: 2124165
DOI: 10.1007/BF02578627

Abstract

Reports of superior mesenteric artery embolization without the sequela of bowel ischemia or infarction are sparse. We report embolization of the main trunk of the superior mesenteric artery for control of a ruptured aneurysm without subsequent ischemia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm / therapy*
Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
Female
Humans
Mesenteric Arteries* / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Radiography
Rupture, Spontaneous