Open AccessDunbar syndrome—a reappraisal
Author(s) -
Sivaprasad Veerbhadran,
Sabin Sam Sambhasivan,
Jayakumar Thanathu Krishnan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-018-00780-0
Subject(s) - medicine , vascular surgery , abdominal surgery , cardiac surgery , gold standard (test) , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiothoracic surgery , radiology , stable angina , angiography , surgery , general surgery , myocardial infarction
Dunbar syndrome also called as median arcuate ligament syndrome is a rare cause of angina abdominis. Diagnosis can be made with CT angiography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Surgery is the gold standard treatment. This is an instance of Dunbar syndrome who was assessed for abdominal torment and was alluded from gastroenterology department for vascular and surgical intervention.