Pulmonary artery pressure and the acute chest syndrome in homozygous sickle cell disease
Br Heart J
; 69(6): 536-8, June 1993.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE; to investigate whether attacks of acute chest syndrome affected pulmonary artery pressure in patients homozygous for sickle cell disease. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Pulmonary artery pressure, assessed by non-invasive echocardiographic techniques. PATIENTS; 20 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease with a history of at least six episodes of acute chest syndrome and in 20 age, sex, and height matched controls with homozygous sickle cell disease without a history of acute chest syndrome.RESULTS:
There was no difference in any of the echocardiographic or Doppler indices between these two groups.CONCLUSIONS:
Repeated attacks of acute chest syndrome by the mean age of 12 ( range eight to 16 ) years have not had a discernible effect upon pulmonary artery pressure (AU)
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Assunto principal:
Pleurisia
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Artéria Pulmonar
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Transtornos Respiratórios
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Febre
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Pressão Arterial
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Anemia Falciforme
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br Heart J
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article