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SUBMITTER: Blackshear JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3046942 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blackshear Joseph L JL Schaff Hartzell V HV Ommen Steve R SR Chen Dong D Nichols William L WL
Mayo Clinic proceedings 20110301 3
Bleeding with severe aortic stenosis is linked to acquired von Willebrand syndrome and loss of high-molecular-weight multimers of von Willebrand factor. Valve replacement resolves bleeding tendency and loss of high-molecular-weight multimers. We report outcomes in 5 patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and spontaneous gastrointestinal, mucosal, or excessive postsurgical bleeding in whom acquired von Willebrand syndrome was documented. All 5 patients underwent surgica ...[more]