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Atheroemboli to superior mesenteric artery following cardiopulmonary bypass
Daniel J Boffa1, Vinay Tak, Samantha L Jansson
1Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021, USA. DJB9001@NYP.org
Annals of Vascular Surgery
|April 25, 2002
Abstract:
Intestinal ischemia after open heart surgery is an uncommon but often fatal complication. The ischemia is generally seen in the context of a low-flow state, and less frequently is associated with an occlusion in the mesenteric circulation. We report a case of intestinal ischemia caused by an atheroemboli in a patient who had an intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) placed during a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).