Risk factors for death in 632 patients with sickle cell disease in the United States and United Kingdom.

Risk factors for death in 632 patients with sickle cell disease in the United States and United Kingdom.

The role of pulmonary hypertension as a cause of mortality in sickle cell disease (SCD) is controversial.We evaluated the relationship between an elevated estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure and mortality in patients with SCD. We followed patients from the walk-PHaSST screening cohort for a...

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Main Authors: Mark T Gladwin, Robyn J Barst, J Simon R Gibbs, Mariana Hildesheim, Vandana Sachdev, Mehdi Nouraie, Kathryn L Hassell, Jane A Little, Dean E Schraufnagel, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, Enrico Novelli, Reda E Girgis, Claudia R Morris, Erika Berman Rosenzweig, David B Badesch, Sophie Lanzkron, Oswaldo L Castro, James G Taylor, Jonathan C Goldsmith, Gregory J Kato, Victor R Gordeuk, Roberto F Machado, walk-PHaSST Investigators and Patients
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4079316?pdf=render

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