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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Feb 1999
Case ReportsMesenteric ischemia after coronary artery bypass grafting: should local continuous intra-arterial perfusion with papaverine be regarded as a treatment?
- A Eker, B Malzac, J Teboul, and J Jourdan.
- Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, Hôpital Pasteur-Pavillon H 1, Nice, France.
- Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1999 Feb 1; 15 (2): 218-20.
AbstractMesenteric ischemia after cardiac surgery is rare but dramatic. We present a patient who had acute mesenteric ischemia following low cardiac output after coronary artery bypass grafting. Our patient was successfully treated with continuous intra-arterial perfusion with papaverine. We think that selective angiography must be performed as early as mesenteric ischemia is suspected, to get earlier diagnosis and treatment of an ischemic patient.
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