Cardiovascular effects of splenomegaly and splenectomy in β-thalassemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 353-357

  Aessopos, Athanasios ^a   Farmakis, Dimitrios ^a   Deftereos, Spyros ^a   Tsironi, Maria ^a   Polonifi, Aikaterini ^a   Moyssakis, Ioannis ^a   Diamanti Kandaraki, Evanthia ^a   Papalambros, Efstathios ^b  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Splenectomy; Splenomegaly; Thalassemia intermedia; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHELATION THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 20444496957     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-1002-4     Document Type: Article

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