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Idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding and aortic stenosis

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A review was made of the Mayo Clinic patient population of 1964 through 1969. Of 610 patients with valvular heart disease who were sampled, 275 had aortic stenosis; and of these 275, 7 also had idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding. The remaining 335 patients without aortic stenosis represented a control group; no patient with idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding was found in this control group. The prevalence rate for idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with aortic stenosis was 2.6%, and this rate was significantly different (P<0.02) from that of the control group. The prevalence rate for idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding by coded diagnosis for the 1967 Mayo Clinic population was 0.025% (or an expected 0.086 patient of 275 patients). This also showed a significant increased risk (P<0.001) of idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding in aortic stenosis. The number of cases with this association were too few to draw any valid conclusions concerning the natural history of these two related conditions.

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  1. Mayo Clinic, 55901, Rochester, Minnesota

    Michael C. Cody MD, T. Paul B. O'Donovan MD & Rollin W. Hughes Jr. MD

  2. Mayo Foundation, 55901, Rochester, Minnesota

    Michael C. Cody MD, T. Paul B. O'Donovan MD & Rollin W. Hughes Jr. MD

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Cody, M.C., O'Donovan, T.P.B. & Hughes, R.W. Idiopathic gastrointestinal bleeding and aortic stenosis. Digest Dis Sci 19, 393–398 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01255601

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