Early detection of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with β thalassaemia major by dobutamine stress echocardiography

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 669-670

  Hui, L ^a   Leung, M P ^a   Ha, S Y ^a   Chau, A K T ^a   Cheung, Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; DOBUTAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOBUTAMINE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038486149     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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