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; 101(04): 773-774
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-07-0422

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Authors

Anetta Undas

¹Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland
Jerzy Windyga

²Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Ksenia Bykowska

²Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Pawel P. Dimitrow

¹Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland
Ewa Stepien

¹Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland
Jerzy Sadowski

¹Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland

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