Acute gastrointestinal bleeding following aortic valve replacement in a patient with Heyde's syndrome: Case report

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-293

  De Palma, G D ^a,b   Salvatori, F ^a   Masone, S ^a   Simeoli, I ^a   Rega, M ^a   Celiento, M ^a   Persico, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Aortic valve, surgery; Blood; Blood cell count; Endoscopy; Stents

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; HEMOGLOBIN; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; CORONARY STENT; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HEYDE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELENA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 36749077020     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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