Doppler echocardiographic study in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell anemia
OBJECTIVE: Anatomical and functional assessment of the heart through Ash Catchers Doppler and echocardiography in patients with cell anemia (SCA).METHODS: Twenty-five patients with SCA and ages ranging from 14 to 45 years were prospectively studied in a comparison with 25 healthy volunteers.All of them underwent clinical and laboratory evaluation a