Open AccessThe pro-BNP Serum Level and Echocardiographic Tissue Doppler Abnormalities in Patients with Beta Thalassemia Major
Author(s) -
Taysir Garadah,
Najat Mahdi,
Salah Kassab,
Isa Al Shoroqi,
Ahmed S. Abutaleb,
Anwer Jamsheer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical medicine insights cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1179-5468
DOI - 10.4137/cmc.s6452
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , cardiology , diastole , brain natriuretic peptide , diastolic function , natriuretic peptide , tissue doppler echocardiography , heart failure , blood pressure
Doppler echocardiographic studies of the left ventricle (LV) function in patients with β-Thalassemia Major (β-TM) had shown different patterns of systolic and diastolic dysfunctions associated with abnormal serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP).
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