Occult gastrointestinal bleeding due to acquired von Willebrand syndrome in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Shimizu, Masatoshi ^a   Masai, Hiroyuki ^a   Miwa, Yoichi ^a  

^a Graduate School of Health Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiodysplasia; Ca antagonist; Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; von Willebrand factor multimers

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN; VERAPAMIL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; OCCULT BLOOD; SYNDROME; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 34247388556     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6026     Document Type: Article

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