Tissue Doppler echocardiography reliably reflects severity of iron overload in pediatric patients with β thalassemia

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-372

  Silvilairat, Suchaya ^a   Sittiwangkul, Rekwan ^a   Pongprot, Yupada ^a   Charoenkwan, Pimlak ^a   Phornphutkul, Charlie ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Diastolic dysfunction; Iron overload; Serum ferritin; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

A WAVE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43449133289     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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