Biatrial and Biventricular Reference Ranges Based on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Sickle Cell Disease Patients Without Heart Damage
Laura Pistoia, Antonella Meloni, Vincenzo Positano, Alessandra Quota, Elisabetta Corigliano, Giuseppe Messina, Stefania Renne, Michela Zerbini, Simona Romani, Gianfranco Sinagra, Lamia Ait Ali, Sophie Mavrogeni, Amalia Lupi, Filippo Cademartiri, Alessia Pepe · 2024
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Laura Pistoia and co-authors set healthy heart ranges for people with sickle cell disease, in a 2024 study. The disease can strain the heart over time, yet doctors lacked normal ranges from heart MRI scans for patients whose hearts still look sound. Without them, early harm is hard to spot.
The team scanned 48 adults with the disease and no clear heart damage, plus nine children. They compared results with healthy peers and with patients who have thalassemia major, another blood disorder. Men showed larger heart volumes and mass than women in all groups. Adults with sickle cell disease had larger left heart chambers and more heart muscle than healthy peers. The ranges give clinics a baseline for spotting change early.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Laura Pistoia, Antonella Meloni, Vincenzo Positano, Alessandra Quota, Elisabetta Corigliano, Giuseppe Messina, Stefania Renne, Michela Zerbini, Simona Romani, Gianfranco Sinagra, Lamia Ait Ali, Sophie Mavrogeni, Amalia Lupi, Filippo Cademartiri, Alessia Pepe |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |