Satoshi Sugino, Ken Inoue, Kan Zen, Masaki Yashige, Reo Kobayashi, Kazuaki Takamatsu, Nobuyasu Ito, Naoto Iwai, Ryohei Hirose, Toshifumi Doi, Osamu Dohi, Naohisa Yoshida, Kazuhiko Uchiyama, Tomohisa Takagi, Takeshi Ishikawa, Hideyuki Konishi, Satoaki Matoba, Yoshito Itoh
INTRODUCTION: Aortic stenosis (AS) is sometimes associated with gastrointestinal bleeding, and this phenomenon is known as Heyde's syndrome. Such bleeding is most often considered to originate from gastrointestinal angiodysplasias, but the frequency and endoscopic features of such bleeding remain unclear. This study aimed to determine the frequency and endoscopic features of gastrointestinal angiodysplasia in patients with severe AS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this multicenter, retrospective study, we evaluated consecutive patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with severe AS from May 2016 to December 2019...
August 24, 2023: Digestion