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Percutaneous transluminal dilatation of an atherosclerotic stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery was done in a 65-year-old women with abdominal angina. The patient was relieved of abdominal pain immediately after the dilatation.
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Furrer, J., Grüntzig, A., Kugelmeier, J. et al. Treatment of abdominal angina with percutaneous dilatation of an arteria mesenterica superior stenosis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 3, 43–44 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02551961
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