Severe gastro-intestinal angiodysplasia in context of Heyde's syndrome durably cured after aortic valve replacement

Presse Medicale

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 763-766

  Michot, Jean Marie ^a   Treton, Xavier ^b   Brink, Charles ^c   Fabiani, Jean Noël ^d   Bouhnik, Yoram ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; OCTREOTIDE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIODYSPLASIA; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DYSPLASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HEYDE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LASER COAGULATION; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELENA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84862630132     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2011.10.012     Document Type: Letter

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