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Case Reports
. 2021 Sep 7;193(35):E1389.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.202620.

Hemolytic anemia and a new murmur in a 77-year-old man

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Case Reports

Hemolytic anemia and a new murmur in a 77-year-old man

Danyal Ladha et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Peripheral blood smear of a 77-year-old patient with a mechanical mitral valve who presented with hemolytic anemia. The smear shows numerous schistocytes (arrows), acanthocytes (arrow-heads), and a normal platelet count.

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