title: Anemia with LDH-elevation in a patient with aortic valve replacement.
abstract: In a 63-year old patient with a history of aortic valve replacement in 1986, a reduced hemoglobin of 91 g/l was found by a family physician. Since serum LDH was also increased, the patient was diagnosed to suffer from mechanically induced, hemolytic anemia and presented at our hospital for further diagnosis and evaluation of the aortic valve prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Funck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heymanns
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mandic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maisch
mesh_terms: D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D005492:Folic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D014805:Vitamin B 12