RT Book, Section
A1 Sreenarasimhaiah, Jayaprakash
A2 Dieter, Robert S.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126491303
T1 Mesenteric and Splanchnic Venous Disease
T2 Venous and Lymphatic Diseases
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071601580
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126491303
RD 2024/04/23
AB Among  the  numerous  causes  of  abdominal  pain,  vascular  causes  comprise  an  extremely  important  group  that  requires  prompt  recognition  and  detection.  Although  some  of  these  abdominal  events  may  be  acute,  others  often  present  as  a  chronic  debilitating  disorder.  Compromise  of  blood  flow  to  and  from  the  gastrointestinal  tract  may  result  in  ischemia  of  varying  degrees.  Although  most  events  are  arterial  in  nature,  5%  to  15%  of  cases  involve  the  mesenteric  venous  structures.  This  vascular  source  of  abdominal  pathology  often  goes  unrecognized  and  has  a  wide  gamut  of  presentations.  Most  involve  the  superior  mesenteric  vein  (SMV),  but  other  processes  involve  the  portal  vein,  splenic  vein,  hepatic  vein,  or  inferior  mesenteric  vein  (IMV).  This  chapter  discusses  the  anatomy,  etiology,  pathophysiology,  clinical  presentation,  diagnosis,  and  management  of  splanchnic  venous  disease.  Furthermore,  arteriovenous  malformations  (AVMS)  of  the  gastrointestinal  tract  and  certain  rare  vascular  disorders  are  examined  as  related  entities  to  splanchnic  venous  disease.