Reappraising the spectrum of bleeding gastrointestinal angioectasia in a degenerative calcific aortic valve stenosis: Heyde’s syndrome

Reappraising the spectrum of bleeding gastrointestinal angioectasia in a degenerative calcific aortic valve stenosis: Heyde’s syndrome

Abstract Background The occurrence of bleeding gastrointestinal angioectasia in elderly patients with degenerative calcific aortic stenosis is one of the most challenging clinical scenarios. A number of studies have shown that this clinical phenomenon is known as Heyde’s syndrome. Main body of the a...

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Main Authors: Nelson Musilanga, Zhou Hongli, Cai Hongyu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Aortic valve stenosis
Heyde’s syndrome
Angioectasia
Angiodysplasia
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-021-00046-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-021-00046-z

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