Tricuspid regurgitant velocity elevation in a three-year old child with sickle cell anemia and recurrent acute chest syndromes reversed not by hydroxyurea but by bone marrow transplantation

Elevated Tricuspid Regurgitant Velocity (TRV) has been related to higher mortality in adults and to hemolysis, lower oxygen saturation during 6-minute walk test and acute chest syndrome (ACS) in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Hydroxyurea (HU) has reduced TRV value in children and adults. W...

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Autores principales: Colombatti, Raffaella, Varotto, Elena, Ricato, Silvia, Nardo, Daniel, Maschietto, Nicola, Teso, Simone, Pillon, Marta, Messina, Chiara, Milanesi, Ornella, Sainati, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3238484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22184533
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/hr.2011.e12

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