Conservative Management of Spontaneous Isolated Dissection of the Superior Mesenteric Artery

Table 2

Patient demographics and clinical features with spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery ().

Features	n (%)
Mean age (range), years	53.6 (41–73)
Follow-up (mean ± SD, range),; months ()	20.6 ± 18.1 (1–54)
Male (n, %)	10 (71.4)
Pain
Severity of initial pain (VAS,; mean (range)) ()	7 (5–9)
Duration of initial severe pain; (days, mean (range)) ()	2.6 (1–14)
Total duration of pain (days, mean; (range)) ()	10.1 (2–42)
Onset mode
Acute	11 (78.7)
Insidious	1 (7.1)
Incidental	1 (7.1)
N/A	1 (7.1)
Location
Epigastric	8
Periumbilical	9
Not available	2
Other symptoms
Nausea	3
Vomiting	3
Diarrhoea	3
Cold sweating	1
Radiating pain to back	2
Postprandial pain	2
Medical comorbidities and risk factors
Diabetes mellitus	1
Hypertension	2
Hepatitis	1
Cerebrovascular disease	1
Hypothyroidism	1
Smoking (current and ex-smoker)	6

SD: standard deviation; NRS: numerical rating scale.