| A Case of Vein Graft
Bypass for Superior Mesenteric Artery Stenosis |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kochi Municipal
Hospital, Kochi, Japan)
| Naoki Kanemitsu |
Manabu Okabe |
Seiichiro Wariishi |
| Takasumi Nakamura |
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We report a case of successful saphenous
vein bypass grafting for superior mesenteric artery stenosis.
A 50-year-old man complained of abdominal pain which was not
induced by either eating or defecation. He was admitted to our
hospital and examinations of the gastrointestinal tract revealed
no abnormality. Angiography showed stenosis of the superior mesenteric
artery (SMA), but not of the celiac artery (CA) or inferior mesenteric
artery (IMA). We speculated that his symptom was due to SMA stenosis
and poor collateral circulations from the CA, IMA and internal
iliac arteries. Saphenous vein bypass grafting for SMA was undertaken
successfully and abdominal pain disappeared completely.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 29: 60-62 (2000) |
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