Clinical findings in ischemic gastritis:
(1) pain
(2) bleeding
(3) nausea and vomiting
Clinical findings in ischemic gastroparesis:
(1) chronic nausea and vomiting
(2) early satiety
(3) weight loss
Evidence of severe atherosclerosis in intra-abdominal arteries:
(1) abdominal bruit
(2) occlusion of arteries in abdominal arteriograms
(3) signs of mesenteric ischemia and/or ischemic colitis
Additional findings in ischemic gastritis:
(1) absence of other diseases associated with gastritis (H. pylori, drugs, etc.)
Additional findings in ischemic gastroparesis:
(1) significantly decreased gastric emptying
(2) no evidence of gastric outlet obstruction
(3) gastric dysrhythmia on the electrogastrogram (EGG)
(4) absence of another disease associated with gastroparesis (diabetes, scleroderma, etc.)
(5) not being treated with drugs that reduce gastric motility
