[The echocardiographic evaluation of multiply transfused thalassemia patients over the age of 10].
Today cardiomyopathy is the main cause of death of patients with thalassemia disease since the second decade of their lives. Echocardiography is a useful means to put into evidence cardiac alterations before the appearance of the clinical marks of cardiac failure.
De Martino
M P
MP
U.S.L. 28, Divisione di Pediatria, Presidio Ospedaliero di Locri (RC), Italia.
Multari
E I
EI
Costantino
D
D
Mammì
F
F
Iannopollo
M
M
Costantino
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy
D005293:Ferritins
Valutazione ecocardiografica in talassemici politrasfusi con età superiore a 10 anni.