Catalog

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia

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Link to WHO Definition

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1812033819

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia is a clinical syndrome characterised by recurrent abdominal pain and weight loss as a result of repeated transient episodes of insufficient intestinal blood flow, usually related with the increased metabolic demand associated with digestion.