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Mesenteric ischemia is caused by decreased intestinal blood flow that can be caused by a number of mechanisms.
Mesenteric artery ischemia also known as, mesenteric ischemia, acute mesenteric ischemia or chronic mesenteric ischemia. Mesenteric artery ischemia is a narrowing or impediment of one or more of the three mesenteric arteries, which are the main arteries supplying the small and big intestines. Narrowing of the arteries that supply blood to the intestine causes mesenteric ischemia. These arteries that supply blood to this area run directly from the aorta, the main artery from the heart.