The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 779.e1-779.e9 , August 2009

Worsening of Nose Bleeding Heralds High Cardiac Output State in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

  • Sakib K. Khalid, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Sakib K. Khalid, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, 1080 LMP, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520
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  • James Pershbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
    • ,
  • Majesh Makan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
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  • Benico Barzilai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
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  • Daniel Goodenberger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo

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 Funding: This research project was sponsored by the Mentors in Medicine program sponsored by the Department of Internal Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and a role in writing and preparation of the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00378-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.01.037

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 779.e1-779.e9 , August 2009

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