title: [Heyde syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Heyde's syndrome associates aortic stenosis and digestive hemorrhage secondary to intestinal angiodysplasia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 61 year-old man presented with anemia due to martial deficiency and melena, the endoscopic examination of which was negative. The existence of a tight aortic stenosis, suspected on auscultation, suggested the diagnosis of Heyde's syndrome. Angiodysplasia is revealed during oriented enteroscopy. Following valve replacement, the need for transfusion disappeared, together with the anemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although some epidemiological studies deny the existence of this syndrome, the observation of authentic cases of resolution of digestive bleeding following surgical replacement of an aortic valve, such as ours, is an argument in favor of the reality of Heyde's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, CHU Timone, Marseille (13).
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Granel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serratrice
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernit
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaudier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mesana
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Disdier
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Weiller
mesh_terms: D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D013577:Syndrome