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MeSH Heading: Mesenteric Ischemia
Tree Number(s): C06.405.469.656; C06.844.460; C14.907.549
Unique ID: D065666
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065666
Scope Note: Ischemic tissue injury produced by insufficient perfusion of intestinal tissue by the MESENTERIC CIRCULATION (i.e., CELIAC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; INFERERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; and MESENTERIC VEINS). It can progress from ISCHEMIA; EDEMA; and GANGRENE of the bowel wall to PERITONITIS and cardiovascular collapse.
Entry Term(s): Acute Mesenteric Arterial Embolus; Acute Mesenteric Arterial Thrombosis; Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiency; Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis; Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia; Occlusive Mesenteric Arterial Ischemia
Previous Indexing: Ischemia (1963-2014); Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion (1964-2014)
See Also: Colitis, Ischemic; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2014/06/13

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