Reversal of angiodysplasia-derived anemia after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

SummaryAortic valve stenosis associated with angiodysplasia (Heyde's syndrome) and consequent anemia had previously been reported to benefit from surgical aortic valve replacement. In this clinical case an 89-year-old patient with chronic angiodysplasia-derived anemia, characterized by acute phases of active gastrointestinal bleeding experienced a normalization of hemoglobin values after a trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) of a self-expandable aortic valve prosthesis (CoreValve, Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA). This is the first, to our knowledge, reported clinical case of remission of angiodysplasia-derived anemia after TAVI.