Pulsed Doppler tissue imaging and myocardial function in thalassemia major

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Iarussi, Diana ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Pergola, Valeria ^a   Coppolino, Pasquale ^a   Tedesco, Michele Adolfo ^a   Ratti, Gennaro ^a   Esposito, Luigi ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a   Ferrara, Mara ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Diastolic function; Doppler tissue imaging; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GENDER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037358384     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003800300000     Document Type: Article

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