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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery: a brief radiological commentary

Author: Maria Antonietta Mazzei

Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

The aim of this letter is to report some deeper explanations regarding the role of imaging in acute mesenteric ischemia.

The correlation between some computed tomography findings and the cause of ischemia as well as other main factors that could condition the computed tomography appearance of this critical issue is also discussed.

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Title: Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery: a brief radiological commentary
Author: Maria Antonietta Mazzei
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1749-7922
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-018-0197-y

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