Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and calcific aortic stenosis (Heyde's syndrome)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-294

  Floudas, Charalampos S ^a   Moyssakis, Ioannis ^b   Pappas, Paris ^b   Gialafos, Elias J ^b   Aessopos, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcific aortic stenosis; Gastrointestinal angiodysplasia; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Heyde's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEYDE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROPLASTY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; VAGOTOMY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 44649123516     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.147     Document Type: Article

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