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Left ventricular structural and functional changes evaluated by echocardiography and two-dimensional strain in patients with sickle cell disease

INTRODUCTION: Patients with sickle cell disease have increased left ventricular size, which is not usually accompanied by changes in systolic function indexes. We assessed echocardiographic abnormalities present in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and compared echocardiographic parameters to o...

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Autores principales: Bedirian, Ricardo, Soares, Andrea Ribeiro, Maioli, Maria Christina, de Medeiros, Jussara Fonseca Fernandes, Lopes, Agnaldo José, Castier, Marcia Bueno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765433
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2016.58785