Heyde's syndrome without a decrease in large von Willebrand factor multimers: a case of intestinal bleedings reversed by valve replacement in a patient with aortic stenosis

Thromb Haemost. 2009 Apr;101(4):773-4.

Authors

Anetta Undas¹, Jerzy Windyga, Ksenia Bykowska, Pawel P Dimitrow, Ewa Stepien, Jerzy Sadowski

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Cracow, Poland. [email protected]

PMID: 19350125

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve Stenosis / blood
Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Bioprosthesis
Blood Coagulation Tests
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / blood
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / instrumentation
Humans
Molecular Weight
Platelet Function Tests
Protein Multimerization
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Syndrome
Treatment Outcome
von Willebrand Diseases / blood
von Willebrand Diseases / complications
von Willebrand Factor / metabolism*

Substances

von Willebrand Factor