Doppler-defined pulmonary hypertension and the risk of death in children with sickle cell disease followed for a mean of three years

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-441

  Lee, Margaret T ^a   Small, Tania ^a   Khan, Muhammad A ^b   Rosenzweig, Erika B ^b   Barst, Robyn J ^c   Brittenham, Gary M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Pulmonary hypertension; Sickle cell disease; Survival; Tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 67749101390     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07779.x     Document Type: Article

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