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Pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular function in Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a complication of sickle cell anaemia (SCA), results in considerable morbidity. This study aims to determine the prevalence and associations of echocardiography-suggested PH in children with SCA. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional comparative study invol...

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Autores principales: Peter, Igoche D, Asani, Mustafa O, Abdullahi, Shehu U, Aliyu, Ibrahim, Obaro, Stephen K, Bode-Thomas, Fidelia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31086994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trz038