TCT-702 Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement on Anemia: New Approach to Heyde’s Syndrome

There is a frequent association between aortic stenosis and anemia due to gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), also known as Heyde’s syndrome, caused by an acquired von Willebrand deficiency related to turbulent flow. Surgical valve replacement had shown a reduction in GIB. We postulate that