Doppler echocardiographic study in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell anemia

OBJECTIVE: Anatomical and functional assessment of the heart through Doppler and echocardiography in patients with cell anemia (SCA). METHODS: Twenty-five patients with SCA and ages ranging from 14 to 45 years were prospectively studied in a comparison with 25 healthy volunteers. All of them underwe...

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Main Authors: Wolney de Andrade Martins, Evandro Tinoco Mesquita, Delma Maria da Cunha, Luiz Augusto de Freitas Pinheiro, Luiz José Martins Romêo Fº, Raul Carlos Pareto Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 1999-12-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X1999001200001