Thalassemia Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

نویسندگان
Sheibani, Kourosh ID 1
Hashemieh, Mozhgan ID 2

1 Basir Eye Health Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

doi
10.18502/ijpho.v11i1.5007
چکیده

Cardiac disease is the main cause of death in both forms of thalassemia; thalassemia major (TM) and thalassemia intermedia (TI). Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the cardiopulmonary morbidities with high mortality that, if not treated, may trigger right-sided heart failure and premature death. PH is defined as a mean pulmonary ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Cardiac, Pulmonary hypertension, Thalassemia.