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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lorusso, Roberto, MD, PhD
• Mariscalco, Giovanni, MD, PhD
• Vizzardi, Enrico, MD
• Bonadei, Ivano, MD
• Renzulli, Attilio, MD
• Gelsomino, Sandro, MD, PhD

Titel

Acute Bowel Ischemia After Heart Operations

Ist Teil von

• The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2014-06, Vol.97 (6), p.2219-2227

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Acute bowel ischemia is a perioperative complication that is frequently unrecognized as a cause of death after cardiac surgical procedures, with an in-hospital mortality of 50% to 100%. In recent years, controversy regarding the most appropriate approach to resolve clinical or laboratory suspicion and the limited therapeutic options have led to very little improvement in patient prognosis. This article reviews the related literature examining the actual prevalence, pathophysiologic mechanisms, predisposing factors, diagnostic tests, and therapeutic approaches providing a glance at new promising tools in diagnostic workup.