Intestinal angiodysplasia and aortic valve stenosis: let's not close the book on this association

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 628-634

  Mishra, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Kovac, Jan ^a   de Caestecker, John ^a   Fancourt, Graham ^a   Logtens, Elaine ^a   Spyt, Tom ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiodysplasia; Aortic valve stenosis; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CONTACT F; DESMOPRESSIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; NORETHISTERONE; OCTREOTIDE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; SOMATOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETERIZATION; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLISM; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPLASIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL ANGIODYPLASIA; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LASER COAGULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ANGIODYSPLASIA; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 62149142129     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.038     Document Type: Review

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