The clinical course of asymptomatic mesenteric arterial stenosis

Purpose: The incidence of subsequent symptomatic mesenteric vascular disease is unknown for patients who have asymptomatic mesenteric arterial stenosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of developing acute and chronic mesenteric ischemia in patients identified by lateral aortography to have significant mesenteric artery stenosis. Methods: From 1989 through 1995, 980 consecutive aortograms with anteroposterior and lateral...