Pulsed tissue doppler for assessment of global myocardial function in Ý thalassemia patients /
دوبلر الانسجة لتقييم وظيفة القلب لمرضى انيميا البحر الابيض المتوسط
Antoine Fakhry Abdelmassih ; Supervised Hala Mounir Agha , Osama Mohamed Abdelaziz , Alaa Eldin Adel Sobeih
- Cairo : Antoine Fakhry Abdelmassih , 2012
- 134 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
This is a cross-sectional study that aims to assess global myocardial functions using pulsed tissue doppler imaging in patients with Ý thalassemia major and the correlation with serum ferritin levels in Ý thalassemia patients. The study included 110 persons 69 multitransfused thalassemics and 41 age and sex matched controls 60% males and 40% females whose ages were varying between 6 and 39 years