Open AccessEarly Identification of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia with Endoscopic Duplex Ultrasound
Author(s) -
Nathkai Safi,
Kim Vidar Åsen,
Simen Tveten Berge,
Asle Wilhelm Medhus,
Jon Otto Sundhagen,
Jonny Hisdal,
Syed Sajid Hussain Kazmi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s358570
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , superior mesenteric artery , area under the curve , ultrasound , receiver operating characteristic , sma* , radiology , celiac artery , cardiology , artery , mathematics , combinatorics
Due to diagnostic delay, chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is underdiagnosed. We assumed that the patients suspected of CMI of the atherosclerotic origin or median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) could be identified earlier with endoscopic duplex ultrasound (E-DUS).