Augmentation of left atrial contractile function: A herald of iron overload in patients with beta thalassemia major

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 680-688

  Shabanian, Reza ^a   Heidari Bateni, Giv ^a   Kocharian, Armen ^a   Mashayekhi, Mehdi ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Shahriar ^a   Kiani, Abdolrazagh ^a   Izadyar, Mina ^a   Koochakzadeh, Leila ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrial ejection force; Beta thalassemia major; Left atrium; Tissue doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DEFEROXAMINE MESYLATE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; CHELATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FORCE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHELATING AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77955094349     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9693-x     Document Type: Article

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