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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® radiologic management of mesenteric ischemia: 2022 update

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Lam, Alexander, Kim, Yoon-Jin, Fidelman, Nicholas, Higgins, Mikhail, Cash, Brooks D., Charalel, Resmi A., Guimaraes, Marcelo S., Kwan, Sharon W. +7 more·2022·Journal of the American College of Radiology

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Mesenteric ischemia is a serious medical condition characterized by insufficient vascular supply to the small bowel. In the acute setting, endovascular interventions, including embolectomy, transcatheter thrombolysis, and angioplasty with or without stent placement, are recommended as initial therapeutic options. For nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia, transarterial infusion of vasodilators, such as papaverine or prostaglandin E1, is the recommended initial treatment. In the chronic setting, endovascular means of revascularization, including angioplasty and stent placement, are generally recommend, with surgical options, such as bypass or endarterectomy, considered alternative options. Although the diagnosis of median arcuate ligament syndrome remains controversial, diagnostic angiography can be helpful in rendering a diagnosis, with the preferred treatment option being a surgical release. Systemic anticoagulation is recommended as initial therapy for venous mesenteric ischemia with acceptable rates of recanalization. If anticoagulation fails, transcatheter thrombolytic infusion can be considered with possible adjunctive placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt to augment antegrade flow. The ACR Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed annually by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and revision process support the systematic analysis of the medical literature from peer reviewed journals. Established methodology principles such as Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation or GRADE are adapted to evaluate the evidence. The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User Manual provides the methodology to determine the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures for specific clinical scenarios. In those instances where peer reviewed literature is lacking or equivocal, experts may be the primary evidentiary source available to formulate a recommendation.

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  • Whether to treat AMI by endovascular or open surgery has not been examined in RCTs, and most of the available literature is based on small, retrospective single-centre studies.

    “Whether to treat AMI by endovascular or open surgery has not been examined in RCTs, and most of the available literature is based on small, retrospective single-centre studies5–7,20,21.”

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    The Surgical Embolectomy section (page not provided) says randomized prospective trials comparing open surgery with endovascular interventions are lacking and describes multiple small retrospective studies. It does not say those studies are predominantly single-centre or that they constitute most of the available literature; it also discusses larger cohort studies. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. Matsumoto AH, Angle JF, Spinosa DJ, et al. Percutaneous trans- luminal angioplasty and stenting in the treatment of chronic mesen- teric ischemia: results and longterm followup. J Am Coll Surg 2002;194:S22-31.

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Lam, A., Kim, Y.-J., Fidelman, N., Higgins, M., Cash, B. D., Charalel, R. A., Guimaraes, M. S., Kwan, S. W., Patel, P. J., Plett, S., Scali, S. T., Stadtlander, K. S., Stoner, M., Tong, R., & Kapoor, B. S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Boston University (US)
  • American Gastroenterological Association (US)
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
  • Medical University of South Carolina (US)
  • University of Utah (US)
  • Froedtert Hospital (US)
  • Society for Vascular Surgery (US)
  • Cleveland Clinic Florida (US)
  • Main Line Health (US)
  • Cleveland Clinic (US)
Corresponding author
Lam, Alexander
Venue
Journal of the American College of Radiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-11
Volume
19
Issue
11
Pages
S433-S444
ISSN
1546-1440 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4310065253
Cited by
29
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 10
FWCI
5.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Radiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Vascular anomalies and interventions
Keywords
mesenteric ischemia, nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia, endovascular treatment, embolectomy, catheter-directed thrombolysis, angioplasty, stenting, papaverine, prostaglandin E1, median arcuate ligament syndrome, anticoagulation, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, small bowel ischemia
MeSH terms
Anticoagulants, Humans, Radiology, Societies, Medical, Evidence-Based Medicine, Mesenteric Ischemia

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