Exercise stress echocardiography with tissue doppler imaging (TDI) detects early systolic dysfunction in beta-thalassemia major patients without cardiac iron overload

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Barbero, Umberto ^a   Destefanis, Paola ^a   Pozzi, Roberto ^a   Longo, Filomena ^b   Piga, Antonio ^b  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON OVERLOAD; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; S WAVE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 84875973068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2012.037     Document Type: Article

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