Brain Natriuretic Peptides and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Diagnosis of Cardiac Involvement in Major Thalassemia Patients

نویسندگان
Noori, Noormohammad ID 1
Teimouri, Alireza ID 2
Miri- Aliabad, Ghasem ID 3

1 Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Children and Adolescents’ Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

2 Assistant professor of Demography, Children and Adolescents’ Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

3 Assistant professor of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology , Children and Adolescents’ Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

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چکیده

Background: Cardiac dysfunction is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in thalassemia patients. This study aimed to compare the effect of Brain Natriuretic Peptides (BNP) and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) with echocardiographic findings in early diagnosis of cardiac disease in major thalassemia patients. Materials and Methods: This ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Brain Natriuretic Peptides, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, Children, Echocardiography, Major thalassemia rt