Left ventricular systolic dyssynchrony index and endothelial dysfunction parameters as subclinical predictors of cardiovascular involvement in patients with beta-thalassemia major.

Hatice Solmaz Ali Kemal Cabuk Zeynep Altın Esin Albudak Oner Ozdogan

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)

SDI12/16 calculated by 3D-echocardiography may be a promising predictors of cardiovascular iron load and, decreased LVEF-3D, FMD, and aortic strain might be good indicators of subclinical cardiovascular involvement of β-TM.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
heart failure
cardiac resynchronization therapy
acute myocardial infarction
aortic stenosis
mitral valve
left atrial
blood pressure
aortic valve
computed tomography
aortic dissection