Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patient with Heyde’s syndrome

   Clinical case of an 85-year-old patient with Heid’s syndrome is being reported: recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding due to angiodysplasia of the stomach and intestines in combination with acquired destruction of large von Willebrand factor multimers in severe aortic stenosis. Actually it remains difficult to make a diagnosis in these patients and perform timely surgical intervention. Considering the age of the patient, severity of manifestations of heart failure and high risk of surgical complications, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was the method of choice. Surgical correction of heart disease in this case is aimed not only at treating its clinical manifestations, but also at eliminating the cause of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in Hyde’s syndrome.

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