Endovascular stenting is a safe and effective procedure for patients with chronic ischemia of the superior mesenteric artery due to chronic total occlusions (CTOs), according to results presented ...

THE diagnosis of pancreatic neoplasms is difficult because of the inaccessibility of the organ to the usual means of examination. Conventional methods of diagnostic, radiography are helpful in only a ...

Question: I read your article about irritable bowel syndrome with interest. For 7 1/2 years I was treated for it. About 30 minutes after eating, I was in such pain no painkiller could touch it. In ...

(May 11, 2007—ORLANDO, FL)—Using catheter techniques perfected in the arteries of the heart, interventional cardiologists are successfully treating chronic mesenteric ischemia, a condition akin to ...

Mesenteric ischemia refers to a group of disorders marked by decreased blood supply to the bowel due to blockage or narrowing of the blood vessels that supply them. It can occur suddenly without ...

Chronic mesenteric ischemia causes severe stomach pain and is often overlooked or misdiagnosed. It affects fewer than 200,000 people a year in the U.S., and vascular surgeons can now treat the ...

NEW ORLEANS (April 14, 2013)—Stenting reopens completely blocked bowel arteries, preventing damage and even death from a condition that causes individuals severe pain and leads to excessive weight ...

We previously reported that chronic hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance induced by fructose-drinking loading elicited hypertension associated with abnormal neuronal regulation of vascular tone in ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways The abdominal aorta carries blood from the heart to organs in the lower body.It splits into the right and left common iliac arteries near the pelvis ...