Intestinal ischemia is a group of conditions that happen when intestinal blood flow decreases because of a blocked blood vessel. The small and large intestines can both be affected by intestinal ...

BACKGROUND: Ischemic bowel disease, especially acute mesenteric ischemia, carries high morbidity and mortality rates. Any delay in diagnosis or treatment aggravates the patient's outcome.

The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of a SQUID to detect mesenteric ischemia in a free-lying section of small bowel in an animal model of acute superior mesenteric artery occlusion.