Some stents (drug-eluting stents) are coated with medication that helps prevent the formation of scar tissue. Arterial bypass surgery. If mesenteric artery disease is very advanced, or if blockages ...

We present a patient with acute abdominal pain due to superior mesenteric artery dissection who was successfully treated by percutaneous endovascular stent placement.

A biliary stent is in place (*). (c) Coronal reformatted image distinctly shows the mass encircling the distal superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and causing an indentation at the spleno-portal ...