[3,4] Acute arterial insufficiency is associated with an approximately 60% mortality rate, and accounts for 50% to 60% of all small intestine mesenteric ischemic events (Figure 1). There appears ...

Mesenteric ischemia is a condition that mainly affects the digestive system where blood flow to the intestines becomes ...

Mesenteric (or intestinal) artery disease is a condition that develops when the arteries in the abdomen that supply the intestines become narrowed, or blocked, by an accumulation of a fatty substance ...

CLAIRE SMITH:So this is the small intestine running along here. This is our special structure called the mesentery, which delivers all the arteries and the veins to the small intestines.