Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Characteristics and Co-Morbidities.
Ambrusko S, Gunawardena S, Sakara A, Windsor B, Lanford L, Michelson P, Krishnamurti L. Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Characteristics and Co-Morbidities. Blood 2005, 106: 3791. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v106.11.3791.3791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseasePulmonary hypertensionCell diseaseSilent strokeHepatitis CClinical characteristicsAplastic crisisCerebrovascular diseaseTransfusion therapyNocturnal enuresisTR jetTricuspid regurgitant jet velocityChronic transfusion programMoya-Moya syndromeTR jet velocityAcute chest syndromeElevated total bilirubinRestrictive lung diseaseMajority of patientsObstructive sleep apneaRegurgitant jet velocityCell-directed therapiesMiddle cerebral arteryRetrospective case reviewSickle cell patients