The postoperative course was complicated by a 20-day ventilatory weaning process owing to acute respiratory distress syndrome ... into the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). Aortic dissection ...
It was superior mesenteric artery thrombosis (SMA), a fatal syndrome that occurs when the artery supplies blood to the small intestine and blocks the colon. His main artery which supplies blood to ...
In July Ms Pandit was diagnosed with rare, and potentially fatal, gastrointestinal disorder superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS). But, she said it was the diagnosis that probably saved her life.