Gastrointestinal bleeding and aortic stenosis (Heyde syndrome): the role of aortic valve replacement

Rasheed A Saad; Bashir A Lwaleed; Rashid S Kazmi

doi:10.1111/jocs.12131

Gastrointestinal bleeding and aortic stenosis (Heyde syndrome): the role of aortic valve replacement

J Card Surg. 2013 Jul;28(4):414-6. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12131. Epub 2013 May 20.

Authors

Rasheed A Saad¹, Bashir A Lwaleed, Rashid S Kazmi

Affiliation

¹ The Wessex Regional Thoracic Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom.

PMID: 23692692
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12131

Abstract

Heyde syndrome (the combination of iron deficiency anemia and aortic stenosis) has been a controversial entity. The proposed mechanisms between aortic valve disease and iron deficiency anemia are examined in this article along with impact valve replacement on iron deficiency anemia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / surgery*
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Bioprosthesis
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Humans
Syndrome
von Willebrand Diseases / etiology