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==Overview== | |||
Echocardiography and ultrasound have limited diagnostic value in sickle cell disease. | |||
==Echocardiography== | |||
There are no echocardiography findings associated with sickle cell disease. However, an echocardiography may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of sickle cell disease, which include:<ref name="pmid25398989">{{cite journal| author=Potoka KP, Gladwin MT| title=Vasculopathy and pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease. | journal=Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol | year= 2015 | volume= 308 | issue= 4 | pages= L314-24 | pmid=25398989 | doi=10.1152/ajplung.00252.2014 | pmc=4329471 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25398989 }} </ref> | |||
*Pulmonary hypertension due to vaso-occlusive crisis | |||
*[[heart failure]] | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shyam Patel [2]
Overview
Echocardiography and ultrasound have limited diagnostic value in sickle cell disease.
Echocardiography
There are no echocardiography findings associated with sickle cell disease. However, an echocardiography may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of sickle cell disease, which include:[1]
- Pulmonary hypertension due to vaso-occlusive crisis
- heart failure
References
- ↑ Potoka KP, Gladwin MT (2015). "Vasculopathy and pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease". Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 308 (4): L314–24. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00252.2014. PMC 4329471. PMID 25398989.