Cardiac and pulmonary dysfunction in asymptomatic beta-thalassanemia major

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 555-559

  Noori, Noor Mohammad ^a   Keshavarz, Kambiz ^b   Shahriar, Mosaeib ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Beta thalassemia; Doppler; Echocardiography; Respiratory function tests; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOLOGIST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PULMONOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; LUNG; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SYSTOLE; TIME; VITAL CAPACITY;

DEFEROXAMINE; SIDEROPHORE;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEFEROXAMINE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SIDEROPHORES; SPIROMETRY; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874518677     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492312439706     Document Type: Article

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