Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Nov;11(9):1488-9. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201408-405CME.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy*
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Antisickling Agents / therapeutic use
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyurea / therapeutic use
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood
  • Peptide Fragments / blood
  • Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Antisickling Agents
  • Peptide Fragments
  • pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
  • Hydroxyurea