Template:Intestinal ischemia types

Intestinal Ischemic Disorder Types

• Ischemic colitis
  • Accounts for 80-85% of intestinal ischemia
  • Due to non-occlusive disease with decreased blood flow to the colon.
  • Causes decreased perfusion leading to sub-mucosal or mucosal ischemia only.
  • Typical to the "watershed areas" of the colon (Splenic flexure or Sigmoid)

• Acute mesenteric ischemia
  • Due to complete occlusion of mesenteric vessels
  • Complete transmural ischemia

• Mesenteric venous thrombosis
• Chronic mesenteric ischemia ("intestinal angina")