Cardiomyopathy With Restrictive Physiology in Sickle Cell Disease.
Niss O, Quinn CT, Lane A, Daily J, Khoury PR, Bakeer N, Kimball TR, Towbin JA, Malik P, Taylor MD.
Niss O, et al.
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Mar;9(3):243-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.05.013. Epub 2016 Feb 17.
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016.
PMID: 26897687
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BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary complications, the leading cause of adult death in SCD, are associated with heart chamber dilation, diastolic dysfunction, elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRV), and pulmonary hypertension. ...Both TRV and lateral E/e' correla …
BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary complications, the leading cause of adult death in SCD, are associated with heart chamber dilation, diast …