Angiodysplasia
"Angiodysplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Acquired degenerative dilation or expansion (ectasia) of normal BLOOD VESSELS, often associated with aging. They are isolated, tortuous, thin-walled vessels and sources of bleeding. They occur most often in mucosal capillaries of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT leading to GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE and ANEMIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D016888
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.075
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Angiodysplasia" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Angiodysplasia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angiodysplasia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Desai R, Parekh T, Singh S, Patel U, Fong HK, Zalavadia D, Savani S, Doshi R, Sachdeva R, Kumar G. Alarming Increasing Trends in Hospitalizations and Mortality With Heyde's Syndrome: A Nationwide Inpatient Perspective (2007 to 2014). Am J Cardiol. 2019 04 01; 123(7):1149-1155.