Systolic and diastolic function in middle aged patients with sickle β thalassaemia. An echocardiograpnic study

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 961, 2005, Pages 711-714

  Moyssakis, I ^a   Tzanetea, R ^b   Tsaftaridis, P ^a   Rombos, I ^b   Papadopoulos, D P ^a   Kalotychou, V ^b   Aessopos, A ^b  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; ISOVOLUMETRIC RELAXATION TIME; LIVER VEIN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; THALASSEMIA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 27844490488     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.031096     Document Type: Article

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