title: [Cardiac manifestations of sickle cell disease].
abstract: In this study the authors report the cardiac complications seen in the course of sickle-cell disease. Among 41 homozygot patients the complications reported were as follow. Effort dyspnea in 15/32 (46% cases); systolic souffle in 36 patients (87.8% of cases); cardiomegaly in 30 patients (17% of cases) and electric abnormalities in 70% of cases. The echotomography practised in 27 cases was normal in 12 cases and showed a hyperkinetic aspect in 10 cases, a cardiomyopathy in four cases.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barsaoui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Ameur
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maherzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oueslati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bousnina
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Les manifestations cardiaques de la drépanocytose.