American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 713-720 , 1 September 2009

Prospective Echocardiography Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension and Its Potential Etiologies in Children With Sickle Cell Disease†

  • Niti Dham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Gregory Ensing, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Caterina Minniti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Andrew Campbell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Manuel Arteta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Sohail Rana, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Deepika Darbari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Mehdi Nouraie, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
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  • Onyinye Onyekwere, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Malgorzata Lasota, RDCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Gregory J. Kato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Mark T. Gladwin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and Hemostasis and Vascular Biology Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Oswaldo Castro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Victor Gordeuk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
    • ,
  • Craig Sable, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 202-476-2020; fax: 202-476-5700

Received 17 February 2009 ,Revised 26 April 2009 ,Accepted 26 April 2009.

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 This study was supported in part by Grants 2 R25 HL003679-08 and 1 R01 HL079912-02 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; by Howard University General Clinical Research Center Grant 2MOI RR10284-10 from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0002-9149(09)01002-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.034

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 713-720 , 1 September 2009

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