Acute thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery in a 39-year-old woman with protein-S deficiency: a case report

Table 1 Comparative death rates for thrombotic causes of acute intestinal ischemia

	Arterial embolism			Arterial thrombosis		Venous thrombosis		Overall deaths
Authors	Year	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Ottinger [7]	1967	22/29	76	21/22	95	8/10	80	51/61	83
Smith [8]	1976	6/7	86	9/10	90	3/3	100	18/20	90
Kairaluoma [9]	1977	10/11	91	19/21	90	-	-	29/32	91
Hertzer [10]	1978	4/7	57	2/2	100	-	-	6/9	67
Sachs [11]	1982	9/14	64	12/12	100	4/11	36	25/37	68
Bergan [12]	1987	5/6	83	6/8	75	-	-	11/14	79
Klempnauer [13]	1997	16/21	76	22/27	81	11/30	37	49/78	62
Endan [5]	2000	13/22	59	13/21	62	2/15	13	28/58	48
Collated experience		85/117	74	104/123	86	28/69	53	217/309	73

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