Elevated plasma endothelin-1 levels in sickle cell anemia: Relationships to oxygen saturation and left ventricular hypertrophy

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-199

  Werdehoff, Steven G ^a   Moore, R Blaine ^a   Hoff, Charles J ^a   Fillingim, Elizabeth ^a   Hackman, Anne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pediatric Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Echocardiography; Endothelin 1; Hypoxia; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BODY SURFACE AREA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN;

EID: 0031817553     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199807)58:3<195::AID-AJH6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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