Video capsule endoscopy in left ventricular assist device recipients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 3 Clinical course and management of left ventricular assist device recipients with positive video capsule endoscopy studies

No.	Age (yr) and Sex	Presentation	Endoscopic findings and interval prior to VCE (d)	VCE findings	Endoscopic findings and interval after VCE (d)	Recurrent bleeding and interval after VCE (mo)	Management for recurrent bleeding
1	62 M	Anemia	Rectal polyp (2)	Gastric ulcer	N/A	Melena (21)	EGD: GU with visible vessel s/p hemoclip
2	57 M	Anemia	Gastritis, colonic polyp (24)	Duodenal angiodysplasia	PE: Gastritis (2)	No	N/A
3	73 M	Melena	Gastric and jejunal angiodysplasia (4)	Small bowel angiodysplasia	N/A	Melena (1.7)	PE: Bleeding jejunal angiodysplasia s/p APC
4	53 F	Melena	Blood in the terminal ileum (0)	Small bowel angiodysplasia	PE: Bleeding jejunal angiodysplasia s/p APC + hemoclip (2)	No	N/A
5	61 M	Anemia	Colonic diverticulosis, hemorrhoids (3)	Small bowel angiodysplasia	N/A	No	N/A
6	53 M	Anemia	Duodenitis (4)	Stomach and small bowel bleeding	PE: Clean base GU (2)	Melena (0.5)	PE: Gastritis and fresh blood in duodenum without lesions identified
7	70 F	Melena	Gastric angiodysplasia s/p APC (3)	Small bowel bleeding	N/A	Melena (11.4)	PE: DLBCL of stomach
8	61 F	Hematochezia	Sigmoid angiodysplasia s/p APC (2)	Small bowel bleeding	PE: Normal; SBE: Bleeding jejunal angiodysplasia s/p APC+ hemoclip (2)	Hematochezia (11.2)	PE: Gastritis; C-scope: Bleeding sigmoid angiodysplasia s/p APC + hemoclip
9	52 M	Melena	Colonic diverticulosis, hemorrhoids (1)	Small bowel bleeding	N/A	No	N/A
10	59 M	Melena	Duodenal angiodysplasia s/p APC and hemoclip (5)	Small bowel bleeding	PE: Bleeding jejunal angiodysplasia s/p heater probe + APC; SBE: Nonbleeding jejunal angiodysplasia s/p APC (6)	Anemia requiring transfusion (0.7)	C-scope: Bleeding Cecal angiodysplasia s/p hemoclip
11	75 M	Melena	Colonic angiodysplasia s/p hemoclip (6)	Small bowel bleeding	PE: Gastric Dieulafoy’s lesion s/p hemoclip; SBE: Bleeding jejunal angiodysplasia s/p APC + hemoclip (2)	No	N/A
12	76 F	Melena	Normal (4)	Colonic bleeding	N/A	No	N/A

APC: Argon plasma coagulation; C-scope: Colonoscopy; DLBCL: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; F: Female; GU: Gastric ulcer; M: Male; N/A: Not applicable; PE: Push enteroscopy; SBE: Single balloon enteroscopy; VCE: Video capsule endoscopy.