Early echocardiographic findings in β-thalassemia intermedia patients using standard and tissue doppler methods

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-159

  Amoozgar, Hamid ^a   Farhani, Nahal ^a   Karimi, Mehran ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Doppler tissue imaging; Echocardiography; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952312524     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9834-2     Document Type: Article

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