Occurrence and severity of non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) after cardiovascular surgery correlate with preoperatively assessed FGF-23 levels.

To evaluate the value of preoperatively assessed fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) levels and to correlate FGF-23 with angiographic findings in non-occlusive mesenteric (NOMI) ischemia using a standardized scoring system.Between 2/2011 and 3/2012 a total of 865 patients (median age: 67 years) und...

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Main Authors: Jonas Stroeder, Matthias Klingele, Hagen Bomberg, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Arno Buecker, Hans-Joachim Schaefers, Marcus Katoh, Peter Minko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5549750?pdf=render