Prevalence and Risk Factor of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Thalassemia Major of Ilam/ West of Iran in 2014

• Main Authors: Milad Azami (Author), Askar Sufi Nia (Author), Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali (Author), Sasan Nikpay (Author), Yaeghoob Madmoli (Author), Mohammad Malekshahi (Author), Esmaiil Ghasemi Pashaklaee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. Research has shown that PAH has a prevalence rate of 10-79% in thalassemia major patients. This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014 to determine the prevalence and risk factors of PAH in...