Thromb Haemost 2009; 101(04): 773-774
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-07-0422
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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

Anetta Undas
1   Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland
,
Jerzy Windyga
2   Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
,
Ksenia Bykowska
2   Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
,
Pawel P. Dimitrow
1   Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland
,
Ewa Stepien
1   Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland
,
Jerzy Sadowski
1   Insitute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland
› Author Affiliations
Financial support: This work was supported by a grant of Jagiellonian University (to A.U.) and by a grant of the Polish Ministry of Science no 2 PO5B 027 29 (to K.B.).
Further Information

Publication History

Received: 02 July 2008

Accepted after major revision: 19 March 2008

Publication Date:
23 November 2017 (online)

 

 
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