Misclassification of pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle hemoglobinopathies using doppler echocardiography

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 300-305

  Fitzgerald, Meshann ^a,b   Fagan, Karen ^a,b   Herbert, Donald E ^a,b   Al Ali, Mohammad ^a,b   Mugal, Majid ^a,b   Haynes, Johnson ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; pulmonary hypertension; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID REGURGITANT JET VELOCITY;

EID: 84862179353     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318256b55b     Document Type: Article

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