Electrocardiographic abnormalities in thalassemia patients with heart failure

Cardiovascular and Hematological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Mancuso, Luigi ^a,b   Mancuso, Andrea ^a   Bevacqua, Elvira ^a   Rigano, Paolo ^a  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Thalassemia; Thalassemic cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QRS COMPLEX; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE INVERSION; THALASSEMIA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549154803     PISSN: 1871529X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152909787581345     Document Type: Article

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