Splenectomy: A strong risk factor for pulmonary hypertension in patients with thalassaemia

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1467-1472

  Phrommintikul, Arintaya ^a   Sukonthasarn, A ^a   Kanjanavanit, R ^a   Nawarawong, W ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33750089012     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.079970     Document Type: Article

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