Evaluation of Myocardial Deformation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Preserved Ejection Fraction Using Three-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hemoglobinopathy that affects one in 500 African Americans. Although it is well established that patients with SCD have left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction, it is not clear whether they have subtle LV systolic dysfunction despite preserved ejection fraction (EF...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Homaa, Gayat, Etienne, Yodwut, Chattanong, Abduch, M. Cristina, Patel, Amit R., Weinert, Lynn, Desai, Ankit, Tsang, Wendy, Garcia, Joe G.N., Lang, Roberto M., Mor-Avi, Victor
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616397/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22563937
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01710.x
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