Med Klin
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Review Comparative Study
[Current status of lung transplantation: patients, indications, techniques and outcome].
Lung transplantation has evolved to a standard treatment modality for patients suffering from end-stage lung diseases. ⋯ This article reviews the current strategies in the treatment of lung transplant recipients, surgical techniques, limitations of and outcome after lung transplantation.
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Case Reports
[Recurrent epistaxis in a patient with aortic valve stenosis: a variant of Heyde syndrome?].
The Heyde syndrome describes the coincidence of aortic valve stenosis and intestinal bleeding. The pathophysiologic link between both entities has remained unclear so far. In several studies the intestinal bleedings have been attributed to angiodysplasia. Cessations of the intestinal bleedings following replacement of the aortic valve have been described by numerous reports. ⋯ This case report suggests that aortic valve stenoses may be associated with extraintestinal bleedings as well.