Early detection of Myocardial Dysfunction in Poorly Treated Pediatric Thalassemia Children and Adolescents: Two Saudi Centers Experience

Conclusion Clinically asymptomatic thalassemic children and adolescents who had normal global functions by conventional echo-Doppler were found to have abnormal left ventricular and right ventricular dysfunctions detected by TDI. TDI is superior to Echo-Doppler in detection of early myocardial damage in asymptomatic thalassaemic patients.
Source: Annals of Medicine and Surgery - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research