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J Am Soc Echocardiogr ; 28(3): 340-6, 2015 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25555520

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common inherited hemoglobinopathy. Adults with SCD manifest both systolic and diastolic cardiac dysfunction, though the age of onset of dysfunction has not been defined. Left ventricular (LV) rotational mechanics have not been studied in children with SCD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether cardiac rotational mechanics differed between children with SCD and age-matched controls. METHODS: Basal and apical LV short-axis images were acquired prospectively in 213 patients with SCD (mean age, 14.1 ± 2.6 years) and 49 controls (mean age, 13.3 ± 2.8 years) from the Muhimbili Sickle Cohort in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The magnitude of basal and apical rotation, net twist angle, torsion, and untwist rate were obtained by two-dimensional speckle-tracking. The timing of events was normalized to aortic valve closure. RESULTS: Mean basal rotation was significantly lower in patients with SCD compared with controls (P = .012), although no difference was observed in apical rotation (P = .37). No statistically significant differences in torsion or net twist angle were detected. Rotation rate at the apex (P = .001) and base (P = .0004) were significantly slower in subjects with SCD compared with controls. Mean peak untwisting rate was also significantly slower in patients with SCD (P = .006). No associations were found between hemoglobin concentration and apical rotation, basal rotation, net twist, and torsion. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates alterations in LV rotational mechanics in children with SCD, including lower basal rotation, peak differential twist, and untwist rate. These abnormalities denote subclinical changes in LV systolic and diastolic performance in children with SCD. Future work may reveal an association between rotational metrics and long-term patient outcomes.


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Anemia, Sickle Cell/diagnostic imaging , Anemia, Sickle Cell/epidemiology , Torsion Abnormality/diagnostic imaging , Torsion Abnormality/epidemiology , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/diagnostic imaging , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/epidemiology , Adolescent , Causality , Child , Comorbidity , Echocardiography/statistics & numerical data , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Reproducibility of Results , Risk Assessment , Sensitivity and Specificity , Tanzania/epidemiology , Young Adult
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Blood ; 116(1): 16-21, 2010 Jul 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20378754

ABSTRACT

Premature death and cardiac abnormalities are described in individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD), but the mechanisms are not well characterized. We tested the hypothesis that cardiac abnormalities in children with SCD are related to sleep-disordered breathing. We enrolled 44 children with SCD (mean age, 10.1 years; range, 4-18 years) in an observational study. Standard and tissue Doppler echocardiography, waking oxygen saturation averaged over 5 minutes, and overnight polysomnography were obtained in participants, each within 7 days. Eccentric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy was present in 46% of our cohort. After multivariable adjustment, LV mass index was inversely related to average asleep and waking oxygen saturation. For every 1% drop in the average asleep oxygen saturation, there was a 2.1 g/m(2.7) increase in LV mass index. LV diastolic dysfunction, as measured by the E/E' ratio, was present in our subjects and was also associated with low oxygen saturation (sleep or waking). Elevated tricuspid regurgitant velocity (> or = 2.5 m/sec), a measure of pulmonary hypertension, was not predicted by either oxygen saturation or sleep variables with multivariable logistic regression analysis. These data provide evidence that low asleep and waking oxygen saturations are associated with LV abnormalities in children with SCD.


Subject(s)
Anemia, Sickle Cell/physiopathology , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/physiopathology , Sleep Apnea Syndromes/physiopathology , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/physiopathology , Adolescent , Anemia, Sickle Cell/blood , Blood Pressure , Child , Child, Preschool , Cross-Sectional Studies , Diastole , Echocardiography, Doppler , Female , Humans , Hypertension, Pulmonary/physiopathology , Logistic Models , Male , Multivariate Analysis , Oxygen/blood , Polysomnography , Prospective Studies , Sleep Apnea Syndromes/blood
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J Heart Lung Transplant ; 29(1): 105-8, 2010 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19783171

ABSTRACT

A previously healthy, 13-year-old girl presented with new-onset dilated cardiomyopathy, and is placed on a left ventricular assist device (VAD). Herein we describe a unique VAD weaning protocol used to determine the timing and feasibility of a VAD explant.


Subject(s)
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/surgery , Heart-Assist Devices , Adolescent , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/physiopathology , Device Removal , Electrocardiography , Female , Humans , Recovery of Function/physiology , Treatment Outcome
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