Heart disease in thalassemia intermedia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Aessopos, A ^a   Tsironi, M ^a,b   Andreopoulos, A ^a   Farmakis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elastic tissue; Hemolysis; Pulmonary hypertension; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELASTIC TISSUE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPOXEMIA; IRON CHELATION; IRON OVERLOAD; LUNG EMBOLISM; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 73949087047     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630260903351676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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