Pancreatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Following Endovascular Treatment of Symptomatic Celiac and Superior Mesenteric Artery Stenosis

J Endovasc Ther. 2023 Nov 7:15266028231209247. doi: 10.1177/15266028231209247. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

With endovascular therapy becoming the first-line treatment for symptomatic chronic mesenteric ischemia, acute pancreatitis within the context of abdominal ischemia-reperfusion injury may be seen more often in cross-sectional imaging following this kind of interventions and should therefore be kept in mind by the reading physician.

Keywords: acute pancreatitis; celiac artery; chronic mesenteric ischemia; computed tomography angiography; digital subtraction angiography; endovascular treatment; ischemia-reperfusion injury; superior mesenteric artery.