Cardiac mortality in β-thalassemia major: resting but not dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts mortality among initially cardiac disease-free patients in a prospective 12-year study.

Autor:	Hahalis, George, Kourakli, Alexandra, Gerasimidou, Ioanna, Kalogeropoulos, Andreas P., Sitafidis, George, Papageorgiou, Urania, Davlouros, Periklis, Grapsas, Nikos, Zoumbos, Nicholas C., Alexopoulos, Dimitrios
Předmět:	MORTALITY CARDIAC arrest DOBUTAMINE STRESS echocardiography FERRITIN LEFT heart ventricle
Zdroj:	European Journal of Heart Failure; Dec2009, Vol. 11 Issue 12, p1178-1181, 4p, 2 Charts
Abstrakt:	The article discusses research on cardiac death as the major cause of mortality in B-thalassemia major (B-TM). The study evaluated 25 normal volunteers and 36 patients with B-TM with normal cardiac function through the resting and dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) at baseline and was performed again after 2 years. Conclusion of the study indicated that in addition to ferritin levels of patients with B-TM, the resting left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less than 60% provides information on increased late mortality.
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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