Electrocardiographic markers for the early detection of cardiac disease in patients with beta-thalassemia major;Marcadores eletrocardiográficos para detecção precoce de doença cardíaca em pacientes com talassemia beta maior

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-162

  Nisli, Kemal ^a   Yavuz, Taner ^a   Oner, Naci ^a   Salcioglu, Zafer ^b   Karakas, Zeynep ^a   Dindar, Aygun ^a   Aydogan, Umrah ^a   Eker, Rukiye ^a   Ertugrul, Turkan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Education Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac involvement; Ferritin; P wave dispersion; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 77951611338     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1982     Document Type: Article

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