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Dynamic Dyssynchrony and Impaired Contractile Reserve of the Left Ventricle in Beta-Thalassaemia Major: An Exercise Echocardiographic Study

BACKGROUND: Performance of the left ventricle during exercise stress in thalassaemia patients is uncertain. We aimed to explore the phenomenon of dynamic dyssynchrony and assess contractile reserve in patients with beta-thalassaemia major and determine their relationships with myocardial iron load....

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Autores principales: Cheung, Yiu-fai, Yu, Wei, Li, Shu-na, Lam, Wendy W. M., Ho, Yuen-chi, Wong, Sophia J., Chan, Godfrey C. F., Ha, Shau-yin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045265