Aortic stenosis and cryptogenic gastrointestinal bleeding: A case-control study involving 3,748 patients

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Mihas, Anastasios A ^a   McEachern, Robert ^a   Bass, David ^a   Shueke, Menahen E ^a   Achord, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030056592     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172432     Document Type: Article

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