The heart in Sickle Cell Disease : role of non invasive cardiac imaging by advanced echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance assessment of myocardial function
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most prevalent genetic disorders worldwide that affects approximately 12,000 people in the United Kingdom. Raised tricuspid regurgitant velocity (TRV), which may be related to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LV DD), occurs in approximately 30% of adult...
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Imperial College London
2013
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.656537 |