Successfully Treated Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Masahiko Noguchi, MD, Minoru Tabata, MD, MPH, Joji Ito, MD, Daisuke Nakatsuka, MD, Yuji Kawano, MD, Kentaro Shibayama, MD, Hiroyuki Watanabe, MD, Kotaro Obunai, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 2, Pages e171-e173 (February 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.064 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Preprocedural computed tomography showed abdominal aortic aneurysm, diffusely calcified aorta and iliac arteries, and stenotic iliac arteries. (B) Right common iliac artery. (C) Left external iliac artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e171-e173DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.064) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Postoperative contrast computed tomography showed no contrast in (A) peripheral mesenteric arteries and (B) bowel dilation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e171-e173DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.064) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Angiographic findings of the superior mesenteric artery. (A) Vasospasm of the superior mesenteric artery was found before intraarterial infusion of vasodilators. (B) Vasospasm was relieved immediately after the intraarterial infusion of vasodilators. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, e171-e173DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.07.064) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions