Clinical Implications for the Management of Acute Thromboembolic Occlusion of the Superior Mesenteric Artery

Abstract

Early recognition and revascularization would have been a prerequisite for survival in at least half of the patients, since the jejunum, ileum, and colon were affected by infarction. A minority of all patients were under surgical care. AMI, cardiac thrombi, and synchronous emboli were common findings among patients with embolic occlusions.