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[Acute mesenteric ischemia: value of computerized tomography diagnosis]
T A Huisman1, C H Benoit, J Traber
1Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich. thierry@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Praxis
|July 26, 2000
Abstract:
Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is an acute life-threatening vascular emergency. Clinical presentation is often unspecific. Rapid diagnosis and therapy are essential in survival. Contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomography is sensitive and highly specific in the diagnosis of AMI.