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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mehrian Jafarizade, M.D [2]

Overview

Risk factors associated with ischemic colitis are:^[1]

Diabetes
Dyslipidemia
Rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic rheumatologic disorders
Hemodialysis
Thrombophilia including deficiencies of factor V Leiden mutation, protein C, protein S, and antithrombin III.

Abdominal surgery
- Aortic surgery
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, particularly ruptured aneurysm forms
- Endovascular therapies
- Aortic catheterization

Medications that may be associated with ischemic colitis are:^[2]

Renal disease^[2]

Extreme exercise

Mesenteric arteriovenous fistula or malformation

↑ Hagihara PF, Ernst CB, Griffen WO (1979). "Incidence of ischemic colitis following abdominal aortic reconstruction". Surg Gynecol Obstet. 149 (4): 571–3.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Longstreth GF, Yao JF (2010). "Diseases and drugs that increase risk of acute large bowel ischemia". Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 8 (1): 49–54. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2009.09.006. PMID 19765672.