Arteriovenous malformation and gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.
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"Arteriovenous malformation and gast..." refers background in this paper
...After aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis and bleeding AVMs, HMW vWF multimers increase and GI bleeding resolves.(7,8) In continuous-flow LVADs, the impeller mechanism may also cause vWF deformation, proteolysis and a deficiency of HMW vWF multimers....
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...Forty to 60% of patients with an AVM have more than one; each AVM may cause occult or overt GI bleeding.(10) Multiple AVMs may occur anywhere in the GI tract, either in disparate regions or in a single region....
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...Gastrointestinal AVMs are a risk factor for GI bleeding.(9) The prevalence of GI AVMs in the general population is not clear....
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...The association between colonic AVMs and aortic valve stenosis was first described by Heyde.5 Boley et al6 reported a 15% prevalence of aortic stenosis in patients with vascular ectasias of the colon....
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...The association between colonic AVMs and aortic valve stenosis was first described by Heyde.(5) Boley et al(6) reported a 15% prevalence of aortic stenosis in patients with vascular ectasias of the colon....
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