text: Acute mesenteric<unk>  is caused in 50% of the cases by an embolism in the arterial mesenteric vasculature and in 30 % of the cases by a thrombus. 5% of the cases of acute mesenteric<unk>  are caused by venous occlusion due to hypercoagulable state. In 20 to 30% of the cases, acute mesenteric<unk>  is non occlusive and is caused by decreased systemic perfusion in the setting of an elderly patients with multiple co-morbidities and under treatment with medications that affect the effective circulatory volume such as diuretics.
option_0: Acute mesenteric ischemia causes
option_1: Mesenteric ischemia causes
option_2: Pneumatosis intestinalis causes
option_3: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis causes
option_4: Ascending cholangitis causes
option_5: Acute pancreatitis causes
option_6: Gastrointestinal perforation causes
option_7: Acute mesenteric ischemia risk factors