Chronic Visceral Ischemia – Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problem

Overview

Chronic visceral ischemia represents about 1% of cases of the abdominal pain due to which patients are accepted to the medical centres. The diagnose and the treatment are frequently not adequate and the reliable data from the Czech Republic show mortality of subsequent intervention in tens of percent, which is more than the global level. The essential condition for the lowering of the high morbidity and mortality is namely the knowledge of symptoms, diagnose and therapy among the medical doctors of the first and second line. The other step is the centralization of patients with this rare diagnosis in specialized centre. 

Key words:
chronic visceral ischemia, revascularization of visceral arteries.