Cardiovascular findings in patients with Sickle Cell Disease

dc.contributor.author Mugerwa, R.D.
dc.date.accessioned 2013-07-02T11:27:43Z
dc.date.available 2013-07-02T11:27:43Z
dc.date.issued 1974
dc.description A Dissertation Presented for the degree of Masters of Medicine. en_US
dc.description.abstract SUMMARY Fifty homozygous sicklers and ten heterozygous sick cell patients selected from the sickle cell clinic cardiac clinic and inpatients on the medical wards of Mulago Hospital from the basis of this dissertation. It starts with a historical review and pathology of sickle cell disease. Cardiovascular alterations in Anaemia with emphasis on physiological and pathological considerations in sickle disease are then discussed. The findings among the patients studied are described dwelling mainly on presenting symptoms, cardiovascular findings notably cardiomegally, murmurs, abnormal heart sounds, electro-cardio graphic and X-ray abnormalities. A discussion of findings with reference to work on the same subject by other writers is presented. Some of the possibilities haemodynamic alterations in sickle cell disease are outlined and a need to for further elaborate studies in this condition is stressed. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1493
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Cardiovascular en_US
dc.subject Sickle Cell Disease en_US
dc.subject Homozygous en_US
dc.subject Heterozygous en_US
dc.subject Sickle Cell Clinic en_US
dc.subject Pathology en_US
dc.subject Anaemia en_US
dc.subject Physiology en_US
dc.subject Cardiomega en_US
dc.subject Cardiography en_US
dc.subject X-rays en_US
dc.subject Murmurs en_US
dc.subject Haemodynamic en_US
dc.title Cardiovascular findings in patients with Sickle Cell Disease en_US
dc.type Thesis, masters en_US
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