Mesenteric ischemia refers to a group of disorders marked by decreased blood supply to the bowel due to blockage or narrowing of the blood vessels that supply them. It can occur suddenly without ...

Clinical presentation is nonspecific in most cases and can be characterized by an initial discrepancy between severe abdominal pain and minimal clinical findings. In general, patients with AMI have an ...

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) can be successfully treated with endovascular therapy such as balloon angioplasty, according to new research. The study also found that AMI is a more common cause of ...

Q: Which doctor treats mesenteric ischemia? A: Mesenteric ischemia is a surgical condition and treated by surgical gastroenterologists and vascular surgeons. Q: What are some of the other conditions ...

Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have validated an ingestible capsule in preclinical models for the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ...

Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have validated an ingestible capsule in preclinical models for the diagnosis of acute mesenteric ...

Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a potentially serious consequence of acute mesenteric ischemia, hemorrhagic, traumatic or septic shock, severe burns or some surgical procedures, ...

A woman with known Crohn's disease and a previous partial resection of her small intestine presented with a poor appetite, weight loss, diarrhea and malnutrition. She was an ex-smoker and was taking ...

The unusual presentation of this patient raised an important question regarding her dual pathology: which occurred first? Did she have a perforated duodenal ulcer, causing sepsis and hypotension ...