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01-05-2018 | Letter to the Editor
Regarding “Endovascular Stent-Graft Repair of Spontaneous Isolated Dissection of the Superior Mesenteric Artery”
Author:
Zhongzhi Jia
Published in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Issue 5/2018
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the recent article by Wen et al. [
1]. The authors reported 12 consecutive patients who received endovascular treatment with a covered stent and declared that endovascular treatment should be performed in patients with a spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) patients who are symptomatic, without aneurysms rupture or bowel necrosis. We would like to elaborate on the management strategy of SMA dissection. …