Preclinical thalassemic cardiopathy: A study by acoustic densitometry

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 413-418

  Di Paola, Roberto ^a,b   Di Guardo, Giuseppe ^a   Giudice, Pietro Lo ^a   Caruso, Vincenzo ^a   Magnano, Carmelo ^a   Mangiameli, Salvatore ^a  

^a GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anemia; Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Left ventricular insufficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IRON STORAGE; MALE; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TISSUE LEVEL; BLOOD; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DENSITOMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0642315402     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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