An Unclear Anemia in an Elderly Subject with Aortic Stenosis

Valerio Massimo Magro

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Valerio Massimo Magro ¹

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Abstract

We describe the case of a woman who showed an unclear anaemia. The patient suffered of aortic valve stenosis and we also found an intestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia. So we put the diagnosis of Heyde’s syndrome and we treated with mesenteric angiography and embolization. The clinical case allows to assert that in presence of the anaemia its causes must always be carefully investigated even in elderly patients.

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aortic stenosis
gastrointestinal bleeding
elderly patient
Heyde’s syndrome
angiodysplasia

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, 2015, Volume 12, Issue 2, 170-173

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Magro VM. An Unclear Anemia in an Elderly Subject with Aortic Stenosis. EUR J GEN MED. 2015;12(2):170-3. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.12.35

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Magro, V. M. (2015). An Unclear Anemia in an Elderly Subject with Aortic Stenosis. European Journal of General Medicine, 12(2), 170-173. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.12.35

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Magro VM. An Unclear Anemia in an Elderly Subject with Aortic Stenosis. EUR J GEN MED. 2015;12(2), 170-173. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.12.35

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Magro, Valerio Massimo. "An Unclear Anemia in an Elderly Subject with Aortic Stenosis". European Journal of General Medicine 2015 12 no. 2 (2015): 170-173. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.12.35

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Magro, V. M. (2015). An Unclear Anemia in an Elderly Subject with Aortic Stenosis. European Journal of General Medicine, 12(2), pp. 170-173. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.12.35

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Magro, Valerio Massimo "An Unclear Anemia in an Elderly Subject with Aortic Stenosis". European Journal of General Medicine, vol. 12, no. 2, 2015, pp. 170-173. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.12.35

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