Rupture of chordae tendineae in patients with β-thalassemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-298

  Farmakis, Dimitrios ^a   Deftereos, Spyros ^a   Giakoumis, Anastasios ^a   Polymeropoulos, Evangelos ^a   Aessopos, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum; Rupture of cordae tendineae; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEFEROXAMINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON CHELATION; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 1642565303     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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