[Acute mesenteric ischemia after cardiac surgery. Management of patients undergoing endovascular treatment (case...

In the structure of abdominal complications after cardiac surgical interventions, cases of acute mesenteric ischemia are rare, but are accompanied by high mortality. Early revascularization of the intestine before the development of irreversible changes in the intestinal wall is the key to successful treatment of this patient cohort. However, endovascular revascularization of the intestine may be followed by a relapse of acute mesenteric ischemia. Dynamic follow-up with control of the state of the stent and an individual therapeutic approach can reduce high mortality characteristic of this complication.