Pulmonary hypertension in an adult sickle cell population in Guadeloupe

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-123

  Billy Brissac, Rachel ^a   Blanchet Deverly, Anne ^a   Etienne Julan, Maryse ^a   Foucan, Lydia ^a  

^a University of the French West Indies   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Deaths; Prevalence; Pulmonary hypertension; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67349263846     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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