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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
卷 59, 期 13, 页码 1123-1133出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.900
关键词
cell; disease; sickle
资金
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- NIH [R01HL098032, RO1HL096973, PO1HL103455]
- Institute for Transfusion Medicine
- Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania
Sickle cell disease is characterized by recurrent episodes of ischemia-reperfusion injury to multiple vital organ systems and a chronic hemolytic anemia, both contributing to progressive organ dysfunction. The introduction of treatments that induce protective fetal hemoglobin and reduce infectious complications has greatly prolonged survival. However, with increased longevity, cardiovascular complications are increasingly evident, with the notable development of a progressive proliferative systemic vasculopathy, pulmonary hypertension (PH), and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Pulmonary hypertension is reported in autopsy studies, and numerous clinical studies have shown that increased pulmonary pressures are an important risk marker for mortality in these patients. In epidemiological studies, the development of PH is associated with intravascular hemolysis, cutaneous leg ulceration, renal insufficiency, iron overload, and liver dysfunction. Chronic anemia in sickle cell disease results in cardiac chamber dilation and a compensatory increase in left ventricular mass. This is often accompanied by left ventricular diastolic dysfunction that has also been a strong independent predictor of mortality in patients with sickle cell disease. Both PH and diastolic dysfunction are associated with marked abnormalities in exercise capacity in these patients. Sudden death is an increasingly recognized problem, and further cardiac investigations are necessary to recognize and treat high-risk patients. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; 59: 1123-33) (C) 2012 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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