Speckle tracking evaluation of right ventricular functions in children with sickle cell disease

• Main Authors: Osama Abd Rab Elrasol Tolba (Author), Mohamed Ramadan El-Shanshory (Author), Mohamed Abd Elaziz El-Gamasy (Author), Walid Ahmed El-Shehaby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cardiac dysfunction is a risk factor for death in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Aim of the Work: Aim of the work is to evaluate the right ventricular systolic and diastolic functions by tissue Doppler and speckling tracking imaging in children with SCD. Subjects and Methods: T...