Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: An Update

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The underappreciation of chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI), diagnostic delays, underdiagnosis and undertreatment, potentially results in fatal acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI). United European Gastroenterology acknowledged the need for a multidisciplinary guideline providing a comprehensive overview and expert agreement, on behalf of gastroenterological and radiological (CIRSE, ESGAR) societies. In this way, 33 recommendations cover the full multidisciplinary spectrum of CMI and needs of all physicians involved. The GRADE “evidence to decision” framework and modified Delphi method were used to reach and express a consensus recently published in published in the United European Gastroenterology Journal [1]. …