Clinical Study
Endoscopic Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices
Table 2
Endoscopic findings in 20 VAD patients admitted for 36 overt GI bleeding episodes.
| Endoscopic findings | Number of patients (%) |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 8 (22.2) | Small bowel angioectasias | 6 (16.7) | Ischemic colitis | 4 (11.1) | Erosive gastropathy | 2 (5.6) | Ischemic gastritis | 2 (5.6) | Herpes esophagitis | 1 (2.8) | Esophageal ulcer | 1 (2.8) | Colonic ulcer | 1 (2.8) | Colon polyp | 1 (2.8) | Bleeding site unknown | 10 (27.8) | Patients with multiple etiologies of bleeding | 3 (8.3) |
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