Cardiac study in thalassemic children

P Sudhas Na Ayuthya; B Pongpanich; T Damrongwatna; P Isarangkura; P Hathirat; P Pintadit

Cardiac study in thalassemic children

Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1987;23(5A):351-4.

Authors

P Sudhas Na Ayuthya¹, B Pongpanich, T Damrongwatna, P Isarangkura, P Hathirat, P Pintadit

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

PMID: 3689917

Abstract

Cardiac function was studied in 54 thalassemic children, aged 3 to 18 years. Abnormalities were found by echocardiography in 58%, by electrocardiography in 15%, and by chest film cardiomegaly in 24%. There was a correlation between the severity of anemia and the degree of cardiomegaly.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Heart / diagnostic imaging
Heart / physiopathology*
Humans
Radiography, Thoracic
Thalassemia / diagnostic imaging
Thalassemia / physiopathology*