Comparison of biventricular dimensions and function between pediatric sickle-cell disease and thalassemia major patients without cardiac iron

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-218

  Meloni, Antonella ^a,b   Detterich, Jon ^b   Berdoukas, Vasili ^b   Pepe, Alessia ^a   Lombardi, Massimo ^a   Coates, Thomas D ^b   Wood, John C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84874309233     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23376     Document Type: Article

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