Surrogates of Poor Prognostic Signs in Adult Patients with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease: An Echocardiographic Study
Taysir Garadah, Adla B. Hassan, Mohamed Al Alawi, Ahmed Jaradat, Reginald Sequeira & Fathia Qureshi · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014
Background: Pulmonary Arterial hypertension (PAH) is a late complication in adult patients with homozygous sickle cell Anaemia (SCA). The early identification of PAH may be of paramount importance. Aim: This study is aimed at evaluating the usefulness of NT pro BNP in the assessm...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10047