Evaluation of Cardiac Function in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease with Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The importance of myocardial dysfunction in sickle cell disease (SCD) is currently debated. It is difficult to find a reliable index of function in patients with chronic overload as in SCD. Speckle tracking echocardiography, a new mean of evaluating cardiac function, might...

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Autores principales: Morissens, Marielle, Besse-Hammer, Tatiana, Azerad, Marie-Agnès, Efira, Andre, Rodriguez, José Castro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7227167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435611
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jtim-2020-0007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7227167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435611
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jtim-2020-0007

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